Douglas Wilson
Fatherlessness is a â€œrot that is eating away at the modern soul,â€ writes Douglas Wilson, and the problem goes far beyond physical absence. â€œMost of our families are starving for fathers, even if Dad is around, and thereâ€™s a huge cost to our children and our society because of it.â€Â ,Father Hunger ,takes a thoughtful, timely, richly engaging excursion into our cultural chasm of absentee fatherhood. Blending leading-edge research with incisive analysis and real-life examples, Wilson:,Traces a range of societal ills?from poverty and crime to joyless feminism and paternalistic government expansion?to a vacuum of mature masculinity,Explains the key differences between asserting paternal authority and reestablishing true spiritual fathering,Uncovers the corporate-fulfillment fallacy and other mistaken assumptions that undermine fatherhood,Extols the benefits of restoring fruitful fathering, from stronger marriages to greater economic liberty,Filled with practical ideas and self-evaluation tools, ,Father Hunger, both encourages and challenges men to â€œembrace the high calling of fatherhood,â€ becoming the dads that their families and our culture so desperately need them to be.,"Wilson sounds a clarion call among Christian men that is pointedly biblical, urgently relevant, humorously accessible, and practically wise." ?Richard D. Phillips, author of ,The Masculine Mandate: God's Calling to Men,"Father Hunger, illulstrates one of the greatest influences or lack thereof on the identity of a man: a father. Read a book that will strike an invisible chord in the lives of men both lost and found." ?Dr. Eric Mason, pastor of Epiphany Fellowship, Philadelphia
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Father Hunger: Why God Calls Men to Love and Lead Their Families