<p>This article considers the lives of four leaders—Eugene Debs, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Malcolm X—through the lens of aesthetics and beauty vis-à-vis politics. A brief overview of aesthetics, beauty, and political pastoral theology is proffered. This establishes a hermeneutical framework for identifying key features of masculine beauty as it pertains to political leadership. From here, I illustrate these features by turning to the lives of these four men.</p>

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Masculinities, Beauty, and Political Leadership: An Aesthetic Pastoral Perspective on the Lives of Eugene Debs, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Malcolm X

  • Ryan LaMothe

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This article considers the lives of four leaders—Eugene Debs, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Malcolm X—through the lens of aesthetics and beauty vis-à-vis politics. A brief overview of aesthetics, beauty, and political pastoral theology is proffered. This establishes a hermeneutical framework for identifying key features of masculine beauty as it pertains to political leadership. From here, I illustrate these features by turning to the lives of these four men.