The Shack

This week our Pastoral Associate, Sue Wakeham wrote in our Tranmere Parish Bulletin about the book ‘The Shack’.
She also provided the following background information:
"If you are interested, there is a website www.TheShackBook.com"
Here are just a few of the comments I found there:-
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.

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 of 'The Jesus Style'

Don’t miss this! If there’s a better book out there capturing god’s engaging nature and his ability to crawl into our darkest nightmare with his love, light and healing, I’ve not seen it. For the most ardent believer or newest spiritual seeker, the shack is a must-read.
Wayne Jacobsen, author of 'So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore'

It is obviously a book that has raised much interest so I have added the following comments and links in addition to Sue's link.
Comments from well-known Catholic priest Fr Ron Rolheiser:
The book has been both highly praised and severely criticized across denominational lines.
Its critics struggle with its audacity (What nerve for a mere human to attempt to speak for God!) and for the way in which it conceives of God (as too gentle and non-demanding).
Personally, I do not agree with its critics. In my view, this is an excellent book that presents a wonderfully positive and healthy theology of God. I heartily recommend it.I should perhaps qualify that with this comment: I read for essence more than for detail.
No doubt, there are parts of this book that would need more qualification, more theological nuance, but that is true for all theology, especially when it speaks about the ineffable, God.
It took the apostolic community and the early Church some 300 years to agree upon even a few basic concepts about God.
So, no doubt, anyone who risks 250 pages in trying to give this a contemporary interpretation will not always and everywhere be perfect, nor to everyone’s theological taste.
The book is not perfect, but it is excellent overall.
Read the full review here. 

At Wikipedia you can read lots of background information and analysis.
On Youtube there is an interview with the author.