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| The Shack | 
 enlarge | Author: William P. Young
Publisher: Windblown Media
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1994 reviews
Sales Rank: 8
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0964729237
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780964729230
ASIN: 0964729237
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Loved it! Spectacular story...my husband even cried! May 16, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm a five-point Calvinist, TULIP all the way, entrenched in good doctrine...and I LOVED The Shack, much as I loved C.S. Lewis' writings and Tolkien's. Yes, I think most evangelical Believers will see this story for the work of fiction that it is. Most of us are intelligent enough to realize that we won't all agree fully on the finer points of systematic theology of the book. That doesn't take away from the wonder and the beauty of this story. As I heard one staunch Calvinist pastor say years ago, "I'd never discourage someone from reading Tolkien or Lewis. Certain writers, if we will allow them, soften our hardened hearts and stir our bored, lukewarm souls, even if their theology is not 100 percent accurate." Maybe we should all stop throwing the baby out with the bathwater, and stop being so afraid of our emotions! As for Young's writing style, I didn't find it to be awkward or difficult, and he's certainly easier to follow than some literary giants (ever tried to read William Faulkner, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Samuel Beckett, T.S. Elliot, Henry James? I have. Excruciating.) What, however, do I know? I'm just a thirty-something-year-old mom of three who happens to hold two degrees in Literature and have read more dry, stale theology in my life than most people twice my age. I also lost my father suddenly when I was twenty-one. He was forty-four. Since then I have become skilled at building walls in all of my relationships, focusing on tasks and "responsibilities" rather than people themselves and our relating to Jesus. While The Shack may not have answered my questions more than the Bible has over the years, it did bring a profound sense of reassurance of God's love for His people, an encouragement to live more joyfully, and a conviction that I've spent too long being satisfied with C.S. Lewis's "mudpies," when I could've been enjoying a "holiday by the sea" with Jesus Christ. I pray that readers of The Shack will "get it," and not mistake it for a non-fiction treatise on Christianity. Go to the website for the author's comments and explanations. Afterall, literary criticism is far from complete if the author's intent, background and point of view are not considered. Any critic worth his or her salt should realize this fact, though, it seems, many modern "critics" are not truly literature students but people with computers and personal axes to grind, intent on raining on others' parades because they can't write themselves. I pray for all of the rainers out there...let the sunshine of Christ in and enjoy the book! I cried and so did my normally non-crying husband...on an airplane! He just pretended it was allergies, though he didn't pretend with me. We're both frozen-chosen Calvinists, but after reading The Shack, we both have a sense of grace and freedom that we've known in our heads to be true for many years but have forgotten how great it feels in our hearts. Let Jesus tear down those walls, folks! We love Him because He first loved us.
It is impossible to read The Shack and not be changed! May 16, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I just finished the book a couple of hours ago - I read it over the last 5 days - at times I put it down because I had to ponder how the words touched my own history - other times I put it down to savor the love that welled up in me from, and for, my Papa, my Jesus and my Sarayu.
I chuckled, I cried (and sometimes sobbed) and felt warm and fuzzy all over. I was nearly halfway through when I had to stop and order 6 copies to give away. I am already thinking about several other people I want to give it to. At one point, near the end of the book, I found myself weeping and interceding for a friend that is desperately hungry to know the Lord intimately, praying that he would have an experience like Mack.
I never, NEVER read fiction, and would never have thought of reading a story with such a painful, brutal beginning - I am never comfortable hearing of children as victims - but I am SO VERY GRATEFUL to the friend that gave me this book - and so very thankful to my Lord that He nudged me into reading it - I have already shared deep truths from it as I have counseled a couple of friends dealing with deep wounds and sorrow from the past.
Thank you, William P. Young, for sharing this beautiful story of redemption, healing and love indescribable - I almost believe that it can't quite be fiction - you have been given the gift of expressing the inexpressible - the vastness of Papa's great love!
Eyes That Cannot See May 16, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
THE SHACK is the story of a man who experiences God in a totally new way after a tragedy darkens his life with "the great sadness," as he calls it. Unlike Job, a similar character, Mack gets to discuss his agony with God. Like Job, Mack realizes his picture of God is only a tiny fragment of the reality.
This is obviously a novel, a true page-turner. It was written for Young's adult children as a reflection of his own spiritual growth, not as a comprehensive theological treatise for the general public.
Nevertheless, it is packed with theological insights, most of which startled Mack--and startle his readers. Though his fresh interpretations challenge established beliefs, they have firm scriptural foundation.
It is not surprising that some Christians are panning this book. However, those who have never been able to accept the concept of, for instance, a loving God consigning his beloved children to eternal torment, it is not a matter of discarding belief in God, but encountering the God they can believe in. This God is no less holy or just, for Love includes both. But reconciliation and restoration (both biblical) replace punishment, and a fellowship with the Trinity replaces fear.
For good reason people buy multiple copies of THE SHACK to give out. The real "Good News" it contains is so wonderful we can't wait to share it. And since "by their fruits you shall know them," I find it interesting that this book attracts people TO God, and makes us want to be more like Jesus.
Amazing!! May 15, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I really loved this book, it was a great picture on the nature and character of God and how they relate together and to us. Would highly recommend to anyone wanting to know more about who God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) is and gain a closer relationship with "him/them".
Amazing read!!!
Quick Read May 15, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Shack, was a well-written book that was an easy, enjoyable read. I would definitely recommend it, just remember -- it's fiction!
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