If men and women are to be the individuals God created them to be, they must accept their God-given roles. The alternative is chaos. In
The Redundant Male: The Marginalization of Manhood in America
, author Jeff Becker, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church for almost thirty years, documents the systematic deconstruction of these roles in terms of the American experience--in the family, work, education, government, and popular culture and media--along with their inevitable deleterious effects both on individuals as well as in society at large. This insight makes
The Redundant Male
a useful new title for anyone interested in obtaining a biblical understanding of the proper role of husband/father, particularly in terms of its being central to the health of the family unit.