Why does Western Christianity seem to appeal less to men than it once did?

In this episode, I explore Leon J. Podles’ The Church Impotent: The Feminization of Christianity, his argument that Christianity gradually shifted away from traditionally masculine themes of sacrifice, struggle, competition, and intellectual rigor toward more feminine ideals of community, emotion, and compassion.

And I ask a broader question: Are our institutions becoming feminized, and what might we lose when masculinity is pushed out?

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Life isn't always beautiful, but there are slivers of it that are. In this episode, the book Theo of Golden by Allen Levi sparks my conversation about what it means to choose beauty in a broken world. Not out of naivety. Not because the tragedy isn't real. But because the art of living is exactly that; an art. A choice you make every day.

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Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

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In this episode I discuss the nature of intelligence through the lens of prediction, exploring Blaise Agüera y Arcas’ argument that intelligence is not a property of brains, but a function present across systems; from molecules to modern AI.

Author bio: blaiseaguera.com

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