Part I
Being a man between two distortions
The alpha cult and softened masculinity are treated as opposites. Examine both, and the same error appears – and a different question.
Read on christlichdenken.at (German)Insights for the way.
Texts that do not try to persuade, but to lay open. Read. Test. Think. Pray. Decide freely.
The Series
True masculinity. Six steps.
A six-part series on Christian masculinity between the alpha cult and the softened man: what man was made for and how he lives it. Published in German on christlichdenken.at.
Part II
What did God create man for?
Man's purpose read in four verbs: create, protect, serve, love. What that means – and what it does not.
Read on christlichdenken.at (German)Part III
Learning masculinity from the Master
Jesus shows a power that does not destroy but serves and heals. What true masculine strength is measured by.
Read on christlichdenken.at (German)Part IV
The fight against mediocrity
Comfort is the quiet trap of the present. How virtue becomes habit, and why self-mastery is the precondition of freedom.
Read on christlichdenken.at (German)Part V
The risk of failure
In the parable of the talents, Jesus does not condemn the spender but the cautious one. What courage means theologically.
Read on christlichdenken.at (German)Part VI
From wounded son to father
Many men pass an old wound on instead of healing it. How a wounded son becomes a father who protects instead of hurting.
Read on christlichdenken.at (German)Further Insights
Beyond the series.
Living faith or mere tradition?
Many Christians replace the living relationship with God with mere tradition. What it means to truly live the faith – and what renewal means.
Read on christlichdenken.at (German)The Channel
On YouTube, a channel with insights is taking shape step by step – focused on masculinity, fatherhood, and lived faith.
To the channelWorth Reading
Books for the way.
- The Bible
- Beginning and measure. If you are starting fresh, start with the Gospel of Mark.
- Catechism of the Catholic Church
- The faith of the Church, clearly ordered – for looking things up and testing them.
- Patris cordePope Francis
- On Saint Joseph: fatherhood “with a father's heart”.
- Mere ChristianityC.S. Lewis
- Sober reason, warm heart – a brother from another tradition.
- The Lord of the RingsJ.R.R. Tolkien
- The hands of the king are the hands of a healer – Aragorn as an image of mastered strength.