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Paul T. Coughlin is the founder and president of the Protectors, an official ministry partner of the Association of Christian Schools International, working to reduce adolescent and workplace bullying. Coughlin has helped thousands of children apologize for bullying during his Courage to be Kind mostrar mais presentations. A former newspaper editor, Coughlin's writing has appeared in numerous media outlets, including Fox News, and he has been interviewed by The New York Times, Newsweek, and C-SPAN. Connect with him at www.theprotectors.org and on Facebook and Instagram (@freedombullying) and Twitter (@BullyingDefined). mostrar menos

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The first third of the book was really good. I must say I got lost a bit in the middle and couldn't follow his logic. I just skinned the last several chapters.
 
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drmom62 | 1 outra crítica | Apr 21, 2023 |
The first third of the book was really good. I must say I got lost a bit in the middle and couldn't follow his logic. I just skinned the last several chapters.
 
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drmom62 | 1 outra crítica | Apr 21, 2023 |
I had this on Kindle and finally got around to reading it. Paul Coughlin is a local Christian writer and runs a non-profit addressing the problem of bullies. This book was written about a decade ago and is his encouragement for Christian men to stop being so passive, and to become courageous, good and assertive.

I would say for the most part this book is great; however about 20% of the book is Coughlin's critique on how the feminist movement has eroded our understanding of what it means to be a man. He sees other root causes for the Christian Nice Guy (CNG), such as a feminized, meek and mild picture of Jesus, and how (he personally but others) have had their masculinity damaged through abuse. The advice he dispenses, about being assertive and not ruled by fear, applies to both males and females and I disagree with some of his analysis, mostly because painting the 'meek' image of Jesus as girly (or as he says in a chapter title, a bearded lady), demeans women. Passive nice ladies are not exactly praised in Scripture, where as assertive, strong women are (i.e. the bleeding woman, Mary and Martha, Jesus' mother Mary at the Wedding of Cana, the Syropoenician woman, etc). I don't blame feminists for eroding manhood, but praise them for helping women recover their strength. Coughlin does write a No More Christian Nice Girl book as well, where presumably he packages this same advice for women.

But on the level of 'advice,' I think Coughlin is spot-on. Niceness is pretty detrimental to men's lives. Passivity is a failure to be truly good and I can recognize patterns of behavior and places where I personally be more assertive. So I appreciate his message.
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Jamichuk | 6 outras críticas | May 22, 2017 |
Just a very good analysis of how being "nice" can and does hold significant consequences for men in their faith lives.
 
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highlander6022 | 6 outras críticas | Mar 16, 2016 |

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10
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649
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#38,891
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½ 3.4
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32
ISBN
35
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2

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