{"product_id":"numen-old-men-joseph-gelfer-9781845534196","title":"Numen, Old Men: Contemporary Masculine Spiritualities and the Problem of Patriarchy","description":"Since the early 1990s there have been various movements designed to encourage 'masculine spirituality'. All these movements share a concern that spirituality has become too feminine and that men's experiences of the spiritual are being marginalized. The task of masculine spirituality is to promote 'authentic' masculine characteristics within a spiritual context. \u003cem\u003eNumen, Old Men\u003c\/em\u003e examines these characteristics to argue that masculine spirituality is thinly veiled patriarchy. The mythopoetic, evangelical, and Catholic men's movements are shown to promote a hetero-patriarchal spirituality by appealing to either combative and oppressive neo-Jungian archetypes or biblical models of man as the leader of the family. \u003cem\u003eNumen, Old Men\u003c\/em\u003e examines spiritualities that aim to honour and transcend both the masculine and feminine, and offers gay spirituality as an example of masculine spirituality that resists patriarchy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Gelfer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845534190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845534196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 15","brand":"Joseph Gelfer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761322324223,"sku":"9781845534196","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d1d5853-a3c4-4270-9bf8-68f95634f86c.jpg?v=1706681000","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/numen-old-men-joseph-gelfer-9781845534196","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}