Parallax-Lecture 010: MICHAEL BUTLER

A history of the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Men's movement with Fr. Michael Butler and a Q&A about Men's issues in general.

Michael Butler is a native Texan and an Orthodox Priest with degrees in psychology, theology and church history. He has taught at university and trained men for ordained ministry. He has been active in interdisciplinary academic conferences, working in environmentalism, natural law, church-state relations, economics and art. He has been a participant in men’s work for over 15 years and has work with men’s groups off and on for the past decade. His men’s work is strongly influenced by neo-Jungian thought. He wants to help men to become the best that they can be. Formerly he practiced Okinawan karate and kobudo, but in the last several years his attention turned from the dojo to the gym and he is now an amateur bodybuilder. He has been married 35 years and has two sons.