Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey [Paperback]

Alan Medinger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2000

A breakthrough plan for males to re-enter the world of men.

What happens when a boy grows physically into an adult male but misses some of the experiences and relationships that help form complete manhood? Alan Medinger writes for such men and for those who care about them.

Within the context of his own release from homosexuality and his growth into “confident and comfortable” manhood, Medinger offers hope to others. For homosexually oriented men, such growth is an essential but often overlooked step in the process of healing. This ground-breaking study could well change many lives.

Editorial Reviews

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“Alan Medinger is one of the true sages of the Christian ex-gay movement. His life has been blessed by a hard-earned wisdom. In Growth into Manhood the reader is given the chance to learn what Medinger knows about the qualities of character that define a mature man, about the practical steps a man can take to grow into his fullest potential, and about the paradoxical truth that, in the end, real manhood is ‘something we give away.’” — Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D., National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality

“A terrific book loaded with fresh insights and practical encouragement for the man struggling to move into the fullness of his manhood.” — Bob Davies, Executive Director, Exodus International-North America

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A breakthrough plan for males to re-enter the world of men.

What happens when a boy grows physically into an adult male but misses some of the experiences and relationships that help form complete manhood? Alan Medinger writes for such men and for those who care about them.

Within the context of his own release from homosexuality and his growth into ?confident and comfortable? manhood, Medinger offers hope to others. For homosexually oriented men, such growth is an essential but often overlooked step in the process of healing. This ground-breaking study could well change many lives.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Shaw Books (August 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877883068
• ISBN-13: 978-0877883067
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.5 x 8.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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52 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good insights, February 26, 2005

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Stephen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey (Paperback)

This would be a good book for you if:

1). You believe that the fact that humans are male and female,
and can experience the qualities of masculinity and
femininity, is reflective of a divine intent and not the
result of accidental evolution.

2). You are a man who experiences sexual attractions and
emotional longings for other men, but who also has the
intellectual integrity and emotional courage to ask what
these obvious desires for maleness/male connection
signify and what experiences in your past may have
contributed to them, and if you have a sneaking suspicion
that conventional gay orthodoxy doesn't provide all the
answers, despite whatever oversimplifications or
judgmental attitudes that professing Christians have
exhibited.

25 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like talking to an exceptionally wise uncle, April 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey (Paperback)

This book is like a gift from a warm, wise and perceptive uncle. As I read it, I feel like I am being mentored by a good man who is telling me about myself in ways I could not find words for. One memorable point is his use of the word "nonman" to explain how I have often felt--can't identify with other men very well yet certainly not a woman. His clear and systematic articulation of what the problem is and how to fix it and his constant encouragement all along the way is wonderful. Even his writing style and the look of the book is attractively masculine. This is a Christian book but even non-Christians would probably enjoy and certainly benefit from Medinger's insights. I highly recommend it, along with Frank Pittman's "Man Enough."

37 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't be afrain to grow up, May 20, 2003

By 

John A. Grubb (Flagstaff, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey (Paperback)

This book, if you let the truth drill into the core of who you are, will change your life. So many of us, homosexual or even weak hetersexual, refuse to face the facts. At some point in our life we experienced something traumatic, real or even imagined. It injured us in such a way that we withdrew into ourselves and our fantasies.
I think I always knew this, but I was afraid to admit it. More, I had no idea how to get beyond my self-pity and feelings of being victimized.
Alan Medinger's book gave me the road map I needed, a road map gleaned from painful experience. Just reading the back page in the bookstore I began to feel something working in me. I realize now it was the Spirit of God, the Spirit of truth.
In Christ, and with the power of the His Spirit, I know I can be the man God always wanted me to be. And you (if you're a man, of course) can too.