The Jagged Word Field Guide

Irreverent Observations from the Backyard, Bar and Pulpit

Scott Leonard Keith, Paul Koch

• Publisher: Jagged Word Books
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781945978388
• eBook ISBN:
  9781945978395
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Gender Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

This collection of essays explores masculinity in an unsystematic way. We've found that the various ways we've approached masculinity tend to fall into some broad and practical categories in our writing.
To be a man means to be free to be what God has already declared we are in Christ—­His saved and redeemed men. A man is free; we are free from sin, death, and the power of the devil. Being free, a man is then honored to work for his neighbor's good, knowing that his closest neighbors are those whom God has placed closest to him in his life—­his family.
And just as a man speaks to and cares for his own, so also does a man need to be spoken to and cared for at times. He needs the mutual consolation of the brethren, a brotherhood. To put it simply, a man needs good friends. Over and over again, we find praise for fun, the love of good fellowship, good drink, and good smoke.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• About the Authors and Editors
• Additional Contributors
• About The Jagged Word
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part One: Free to Be a Man
• Part Two: Working for Our Neighbors
• Part Three: Family
• Part Four: Friendship
• Part Five: Good Smoke, Good Drink, and Good Fellowship
• Bibliography