Did The Absent-Father Problem After WWII Destroy American Culture?
Online, February 3, 2011 (Newswire.com) - That's the thesis of Bruce Brodowski, author of the new book, My Father, My Son: Healing the Orphan Heart with the Father's Love, published by Carolinas Ecumenical Healing Ministries.
Brodowski sees two kinds of absent fathers: the physically absent (dead/incapacitated due to war or other causes, or those who abandon their families)-and, equally important, physically present but emotionally and spiritually absent. A whole child, and thus a whole family and a whole society, requires both the physical and the heart-centered presence of a strong male role model. Otherwise, says Brodowski, children-especially sons, but daughters as well-grow up feeling inadequate, sexually stunted, and incapable of playing their proper role in the wider world.
Unabashedly Christian, Brodowski begins his analysis with the story of Satan's fall from God's grace; Satan was the first to suffer the consequences of an absent father. Continuing through several other major Bible stories (Adam and Eve, Moses, and Jesus among them), Brodowski brings in a keen understanding of psychology to look at absent fathers through the ages, and broadens his own formative experience as the son of a soldier killed in World War II, to look at the negative social impact of this massive absence on today's culture.
Yes, this phenomenon caused damage-not just in America but all around the world. But, says, Brodowski, there is hope. Even lacking a father, both men and women can find appropriate role models in both earthly and spiritual realms, including a personal relationship with Christ.
Journalists: Brodowski, an ecumenical minister since 1995 and author of one previous book, is available for interviews and will provide review copies on request.
My Father, My Son: Healing the Orphan Heart with the Father's Love
Author: Bruce Brodowski
ISBN: 9780982658116, Price: $14.99. Format: 250-page trade paperback
Available through: Amazon, Ingram, Spring Arbor, Baker & Taylor
Publisher: Carolinas Ecumenical Healing Ministries
Contact: Bruce Brodowski, (704) 845-4638, ellenandbruce@earthlink.net
Website: http://www.brucebrodowski.com/
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