Agapic Anger: Influencing Change While Navigating Gender

Christian tradition and faith formation often affirm anger as a righteous emotion. However, women and gender-diverse persons typically are conditioned to present themselves as soft and gentle. If they do express anger, they are conditioned to do so in constricted ways. Jan R. Schnell argues that such individuals should, in fact, fully explore anger as a vital part of their Christian vocations.

In Agapic Anger, Schnell explores the religious ethics of virtuous anger to show that expressions o...