The Shack: Book Review

30Jan08

I got an email from a woman…

“YOU need to read the “shack” i’m sure you’ve heard about it ….

its’ really quite interesting, good, and amazing at the same time…”

So, I looked into it (I have not read the book but here’s what others are saying)…

(First the recommendations and then you’ll find the critics…)

 

Here’s what other authors are saying about it…

When the imagination of a writer and the passion of a theologian cross-fertilize the result is a novel on the order of The Shack. This book has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress did for his. It’s that good! -Eugene Peterson, Professor Emeritus Of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.

If God is all powerful and full of love, why doesn’t He do something about the pain and evil in our world? This book answers that age old question with startling creativity and staggering clarity. By far one of the best books I have ever read. – James Ryle, Author “Hippo in the Garden”

Riveting, with twists that defy your expectations while teaching powerful theological lessons without patronizing. I was crying by page 100. You cannot read it without your heart becoming involved. -Gayle E. Erwin, Author “The Jesus Style”

The path to God is paved with questions—sometimes frightening and deeply painful ones. While reading The Shack I realized the questions unfolding in this captivating novel were questions I was carrying deep within me. True freedom is born from facing those things we feel we don’t have the courage or strength to face. The beauty of this book is not that it supplies the reader with easy answers to grueling questions, but that it invites you to come in close to a God of mercy and love, in whom we find hope and healing. – Jim Palmer, author of “Divine Nobodies”

Controversy on the book:

There’s also been controversy on the book because of the perception of who God is and here is one reader’s review…

“Is this book what it is hailed to be? A book on par with John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress — or is there something dangerously deceptive lurking in its pages? Have you questioned what you read in light of scripture ?

To be honest – I am very troubled by the book…. not because there is nothing good in it …the best deception has the MOST truth in it…. but because the foundation on which the truth is laid is not the same as the foundation we find in the pages of our bibles.”

Julie Klassen writes her review here…

More critique…

The twisted “truths” of The Shack & A Course in Miracles

I invite discussion below from those who’ve read it!

You can learn more about it here…

The Shack by William P Young

William’s Site

What are your thoughts on the book?

 

 

 

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