Imagine it, a book in the twenty-first century that says that the solution to all our woes is the patriarchy. This is one of the few books about the family that is genuinely counter-cultural. This is a difficult book to read, but a necessary one for our age. I would read more from the author if & when he puts out future books!. I also think this book would be a fantastic option for a mens group to read & discuss together! In fact I wish I'd been exposed to many of the precepts in the book when my husband & I were first married & we may have done some things differently.īut, that said, it's never too late to implement some of the valuable nuggets of wisdom & wise counsel in the book & I highly recommend it to people of any age or stage of life as it really stimulate ones thinking about a broad range of subjects people deal with from young adulthood up til the golden years. There was so much good information that would be of great help in particular to any young person who is either preparing to marry or is newly married. The title does give the impression this might be a 'mens only' book but I didn't find that to be the case. In fact I wish I'd been exposed to many of the precepts in the book when my husband & I I initially bought this book for my sons & husband but while I was waiting for them to read it I picked it up myself out of curiosity & really enjoyed it. I initially bought this book for my sons & husband but while I was waiting for them to read it I picked it up myself out of curiosity & really enjoyed it. I plan on having all my sons read this along with Douglas Wilson's books on marriage and Future Men.more What sets this book apart from others on the same basic topic is that he emphasizes the home as economic center a desperate need in our day. The chapter on Gravitas was superb and addresses one of the gaping holes in my own fathering/husbanding. I plan on having all my sons r I will write a longer review later, but for now all I will say is that this book, despite it needing to be longer, it lays out in concise, clear fashion what it means to be the head of a household and how one goes about it. I will write a longer review later, but for now all I will say is that this book, despite it needing to be longer, it lays out in concise, clear fashion what it means to be the head of a household and how one goes about it. And he has even taught philosophy to undergraduates.more He has been a commercial real estate investor and a building contractor. His short fiction has appeared in The Mythic Circle (published by the Mythopoeic Society) and he has published young adult fiction. He blogs for Patheos on the Evangelical Channel. He has written for Touchstone Magazine, Modern Reformation, Sacred Architecture, The Imaginative Conservative, and Front Porch Republic. Wiley is the Senior Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Manchester in Manchester, Connecticut. Pastors, this book is for you, too."" -Anthony Esolen, Providence College author of Out of the Ashes: Reclaiming American Culture, and Real Music: The Timeless Hymns of the Church C. Without a recovery of manhood, it is not going to happen.
MAN OF THE HOUSE MEANING HOW TO
""With wit and flair and a manly willingness to face the facts of life, Wiley shows us how to have a real household rather than a chilly wayside inn, and how to help build again the real local communities that require such households for their existence. They built houses to last-houses that could weather a storm. And the men of the past-the good ones, anyway-have left us a plan to follow. What's more, men were made for times like these. They built houses to last-houses t What is your plan for the end of the world as we know it? How will you protect the people you love? What will you leave to them when you are gone? The good news is this is not the first time the world has ended.
What is your plan for the end of the world as we know it? How will you protect the people you love? What will you leave to them when you are gone? The good news is this is not the first time the world has ended.
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