Evangelical masculine-identity books carried political positions without argument or warrant.

Evidence

For those less inclined to purchase a weighty tome on Christian politics, the basic contours of the political worldview Grudem delineated were readily available in dozens of books on evangelical masculinity published in the 2000s. Faithful Christian manhood might start in the family, but it didn’t end there. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 538

Categorization

• DEFINE: Crystallizes the book’s method: the masculinity literature smuggled in the political worldview, making it the transmission channel rather than explicit political theology.