So we’ve addressed the notion that man and woman are created equal, but we have yet to discuss what makes a man, a “man.” In Malestrom , that authors talks about how a man’s identity as being made in God’s image is not something that can be taken away. She states, “In contrast to patriarchy’s fluctuating continuum of cultural definitions of manhood, t he Bible’s definition of what is means to be a man is universal and unchanging. From Adam to the present, every boy-child born into the world is the imago dei…He is born to know and reflect his Creator and do God’s work in the world. No man or boy is excluded…The imago dei does not require rites of passage. It is a birthright. It cannot be earned …It is permanent and accompanies every male from his birth to his last. Nothing can erase it or take it from him. He can’t even shed it himself. He can ignore it, violate it, or believe he’s lost it. Others may try to demean or beat it out of him, but because it is grounded in Go...