#126: Christianity, Masculinity and Some Manly Maxims With Stephen Mansfield

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2015

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

During the past few centuries, Christian churches have had some difficulty reaching men. During the late 19th century and even today, Christian churches have created special programs to get men in the pews. But why does trouble exist in the first place? And what can be done about it? In today's podcast I talk to author and speaker Stephen Mansfield about this issue as well as his book Mansfield's Book of Manly Men. If you're a Christian, you'll find Stephen's insights about the church and men interesting; if you're not a Christian, you can still get a lot out of our later conversation about the virtues and ideals Stephen thinks men should strive for and the great men from history we should study and emulate.

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0:00.0	Bratmike here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.4	So a few years ago I got in the mail this book called Man's Field Book of Manly Men.
0:22.8	Has a really cool vintage aesthetic to it.
0:24.5	It looks like something you'd pick up from the 19th century.
0:26.8	Full of vintage engraving illustrations of Winston Churchill or Teddy Roosevelt.
0:30.9	And then with these life lessons on how to be a man from these great figures from history.
0:35.7	Anyways, the book author, his name is Stephen Mansfield, and the Bratmike on the show to discuss his manly maxims
0:40.8	and his ideals of manhood that he espouses in the Mansfield's book of Manly Men.
0:45.7	Man, it's a lot of manly there.
0:47.4	Anyways, this book is geared towards Christian men, but I think the ideas and principles that he talks about in there
0:52.8	are applicable to a man of any faith or lack of faith.
0:56.5	But on the podcast day, Stephen and I discuss some of the unique questions or challenges of manliness and Christianity,
1:04.3	how the two can be congruent, and why Christian churches has such a hard time keeping man's attention
1:11.9	and getting them actually into the pews and what churches can, what they should be doing to remedy that.
1:17.4	And then after that we start talking about just the manly maxims of Stephen's Mansfield and the ideals
1:23.2	and what we can learn from great men from history to live a more manful life.
1:27.9	So really interesting podcast. I think a lot of great takeaways.
1:31.8	You'll think you'll feel a little invigorated and inspired and feel a bit more viral after you're done listening.
1:36.4	So without further ado, Stephen Mansfield and Mansfield's book of Manly Men.
1:48.9	Alright, Stephen Mansfield, welcome to the show.
1:51.1	Thank you very much. Looking forward to it.
1:52.9	Alright, so your book is Mansfield's book of Manly Men.
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