The Forgotten Attachment Psychology of Biblical Marriage | Jonathan Pageau & Adam Lane Smith

About this episode

The episode explores the true nature of Biblical marriage and its implications for men and women, contrasting it with common misconceptions.

Most people have been sold a version of marriage that's either a power grab or a slow sacrifice into nothing. This conversation dismantles both. Adam Lane Smith sits down with Jonathan Pageau, symbolic artist, Orthodox Christian thinker, and author, to go deep on what Biblical marriage actually asks of a man, what it gives a woman, and why the model most people are running has nothing to do with Christianity. What you'll learn in this conversation: → Why hierarchy in a Christian marriage looks nothing like the Roman model most people are reacting against→ What it actually means for a husband to "die to self" and why it's not what you think→ The covenant framework God uses with Israel and what it reveals about secure attachment in marriage→ How oxytocin, the nervous system, and masculine sacrifice are biologically connected→ Why women become contemptuous of men who collapse into the home and what a wife actually needs→ The undervalued power of the feminine private sphere and why dismissing it is destroying families→ What repair looks like inside a covenant and why so many Christians don't believe it's available to them→ How the seasons of a woman's life create a different kind of…

People in this episode

Host: Adam Lane Smith

Guest: Jonathan Pageau

Topics covered

• Biblical marriage
• attachment psychology
• Christian relationships
• masculine sacrifice
• feminine private sphere
• covenant framework

Keywords

• attachment psychology
• Biblical marriage
• Christianity
• masculine sacrifice
• feminine power
• covenant
• relationship dynamics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christianity, Israel

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