But Wilson is not out to offend, he believes God as Father has something to say about all of these issues. There is something in here to offend everyone. Controversial issues such as egalitarianism, feminism, homosexuality, porn, capitalism, atheism, Christian education, libertarianism, church eldership requirements, abortion, poverty and crime are all tackled head on with Wilson’s customary fearless and scathing wit. To this end, Father Hunger is surprisingly far-reaching. This is not a book that walks in a straight line chapter-by-chapter, rather each chapter is an essay addressing broad topics, functioning more like a spoke in the wheel of understanding fatherhood in God’s image.
This book is theology at heart, but continues farther downstream Wilson aims to examine the implications and applications of fatherhood to all areas of life. But this rediscovery does not come about from attending a conference or two or by finding the secret ’10 tips to…’, but through having one’s entire worldview reshaped in the image of God the Father. Wilson see the multitude of absent or unequipped fathers as the cause for many wrongs in the world today, and the only solution is a rediscovery of the Father. I also remember being weirded out by some of his theology and out-of-context use of Scripture, so I never finished the book.ĭoug Wilson’s Father Hunger reignited many of these same longings in me 11 years later, but was absent of the weird theology. I longed to know what it meant to be a man created in God’s image.
Despite ( or due to?) having grown up in the church, a robust vision of Christian masculinity had mostly escaped me instead, Jesus and His followers should above all things be nice.
Remember John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart? I first picked up the book when I was in my final year of high-school, and while the majority of the book has disappeared from my memory – along with the majority of my high-school experience, thankfully – I do remember being stimulated by his call to be a Godly man.
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