But what does that mean? Where might we look for an exemplar? One of Josh Hawley's answers is another Joshua, the figure from the Hebrew Bible, tasked with reclaiming the "Promised Land" for the Israelites.
But the biblical book of Joshua commands the "utter destruction" of the inhabitants of the land, raising profound concerns about genocide and ethnic cleansing. Is this really the model of masculinity Hawley says we should follow?
Listen to this week's episode to hear Dan's discussion of how Hawley responds, and what this tells us about "manhood" as he imagines it.
Interview:
https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-183-genocide-joshua?hsLang=en
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