Militant masculinity blurred the line between fringe and mainstream evangelicalism

Evidence

To be sure, singing about one’s testicles and landing blows to the head for Christ represent the more radical expressions of militant Christian masculinity, but GodMen and Xtreme Ministries only amplified trends that were becoming increasingly common in the post-9/11 era. As militant masculinity took hold across evangelicalism, it helped bind together those on the fringes of the movement with those closer to the center, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish the margins from the mainstream. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 427

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s stated contest: this claims the margins-mainstream fusion, which bears on whether militant masculinity was THE identity or a dominant strand.