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The NPR Politics Podcast
The hosts noted that the book had been a bestseller in evangelical circles in the early 2000s and had helped shape a more militant view of Christian masculinity. They referenced its widespread readership as a cultural touchpoint rather than endorsing it.
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The discussion highlighted how Wild at Heart was widely read in evangelical circles in the early 2000s and sparked interest in militant conceptions of Christian masculinity.
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the popularity of John Eldridge's book, Wild at Heart caught my attention. Everybody was reading it in evangelical spaces in the early 2000s.