Maxwell further argues that questioning the “basic tenets of Christianity” is a sign that one is masculine, or “high in the trait of self-assurance” and “self-confidence.”
which is to say, most Christian men who do well in evangelical churches are basically women.” In a 2018 video, Maxwell claimed that young women “who aren’t feminist lunatics” complain that men in the church are “passive and submissive” and “well-behaved beta males. Maxwell also has made several controversial comments about Christian men being too effeminate. On Maxwell’s Instagram account, there are several shirtless pictures of Maxwell, as well as his workout plan. This has been the focus of several of his books, as well. In addition to writing and speaking on trauma and theological issues, Maxwell also is an avid body builder. Maxwell also spoke at Wheaton College in February of 2019 on the topic of his book.Īccording to Wheaton’s website, Maxwell is a survivor of childhood abuse and believes conservative Protestants are “too captivated by the concept of moral responsibility to see the real pathological elements of trauma.”
Just two months ago, Maxwell published a book called, The Trauma of Doctrine: New Calvinism, Religious Abuse, and the Experience of God, which won the critical acclaim of several, well-respected evangelical authors and scholars, including Vanhoozer, Vincent Bacote of Wheaton College, and Andrew Schmutzer, a professor at MBI. Kevin Vanhoozer at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Before that, Maxwell was an acquisitions editor for church leader resources with Moody Publishers and a teaching and research assistant for Dr. Maxwell served as a professor of Philosophy at the Moody Bible Institute (MBI) from 2015-2017. And I hear where you’re coming from, and I respect your perspective.” I know you care about the eternal state of my soul and you pushed through the social awkwardness of telling me this because you don’t want me to suffer. “I just say, ‘I know that you love me.’ I know, and I receive it as love. Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive a copy of “Wounded Workers: Recovering from Heartache in the Workplace and the Church” by Kirk Farnsworth.
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