That’s why most of us are Unfinished Men. The boy was never taken through the process of masculine initiation. The passing on of masculinity was never completed, if it was begun at all.
Boys, mostly, walking around in men’s bodies, with men’s jobs and families, finances, and responsibilities. “What we have now is a world of uninitiated men. Unfortunately, men have abdicated this responsibility, leaving many boys and men unsure of who they are and who they are supposed to be. A boy learns who he is and what he is made of from a man or from a company of men.
Masculinity is not something that simply happens, he argues, but something that is bestowed. The Way of the Wild Heart is subtitled “A Map for the Masculine Journey.” Eldredge attempts to show men how they can proceed through life and how they can teach other men and boys to do the same. Sponsor Show Your Support Become a Patron Those of you familiar with Wild at Heart will find many of its themes repeated here, which makes sense, for the masculine heart does not change.” “This is a sort of sequel, a continuation of the journey, offering much more specific guidance. In this book Eldredge says many of the same things he said in Wild at Heart, but offers more detailed and specific guidance. Or none has been a sequel until now with the upcoming release of The Way of the Wild Heart (due for release in October of 2006). Though John Eldredge has written other books since Wild at Heart, none has been a true sequel to the bestseller. In Fools Gold, edited by John MacArthur, Daniel Gillespie examined the book and nicely summarized the foremost problems with the book, suggesting it has: an insufficient view of Scripture an inadequate picture of God an incomplete portrait of Christ and an inaccurate portrait of man.
Unfortunately, sales figures do not indicate which books are most faithful to Scripture (indeed, one could probably make an argument that sales figures are inversely proportional to theological faithfulness) and a large number of reviewers, myself included, have pointed out some troubling flaws with the book. Though it debuted in 2001, it still remains near the top of the list of Christian bestsellers and has sold over three million copies, no small feat for a title marketed primarily to Christians. John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart is a runaway bestseller.
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