To flesh out how he sees these four maxims working together interactively in a given man's life, he supplies profiles of a good number of manly men. As I mentioned above, Roman Catholics are accustomed to thinking of the saints canonized by their church as people who lived lives of heroic virtue, and many Catholics are also accustomed to reading lives of the saints. In addition, Stephen Mansfield lists 50 quotations, 10 books for further reading, and 10 movies.
CONCLUSION
In Ong's terminology, Stephen Mansfield is setting himself up as a guide for white Protestant boys and men to help them developing a specifically masculine sense of identity.
As mentioned above, Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense (1776) helped galvanize sentiment in favor of the American Revolution.
But will Stephen Mansfield's book inspire and galvanize conservative white Protestant Evangelical boys and men?
Your guess is as good as mine.
But if Stephen Mansfield galvanizes conservative white Protestant Evangelical boys and men to be manly, Karl Rove will be happy to direct them to vote for Republican candidates.
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