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The Shack (Special Hardcover Edition) | 
| Author: William P. Young
Publisher: Windblown Media
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  866 reviews
Sales Rank: 146
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0964729245
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780964729247
ASIN: 0964729245
Publication Date: December 6, 2007
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Product Description
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives as the shack on a wintry afternoon and walk back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant The Shack wrestles with the timeless question, Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain? The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book.
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 The Shack July 26, 2008
I thought that this was an excellent book. I would recommend it to anyone who would like to see God in a different way.
Get it! Read it! Rejoice! July 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At 69 and with 40 years in the Christian ministry (Lutheran) I have wrestled with the problem of theodicy (If God is good and God is love, why is there so much pain and evil in the world?) many times. I think I am aquainted with most of the arguments, none of which entirely satisfy (including Rabbi Harold Kushner's "When Bad Things Happen to Good People") Although "fiction" Young's book is by far the most satisfying among this genre, at least for me. He takes the often thick and vague words of orthodox Christianity (eg. The doctrine of the Trinity) and turns them into a story which all of us can understand and believe. Forget the issues of "inerrancy" and "literalism." When you get done, at least if you consider yourself a Christian, you'll find yourself saying, "Yes, this story is true! Now I know why I can let myself be joyful, hope-filled, loving and free."
Radical, beautiful July 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Shack is nothing less than an elegant, paradigm-shifting, life-affirming piece of living artwork. I hadn't even heard of this book until three or four days ago when a series of synchronicities took place, culminating in my discovery of The Shack and subsequent purchase. I sort of questioned myself...no actually really questioned myself because I am not one to EVER purchase a bestseller and do not identify as a Christian. Well, I purchased the book anyway, and needless to say it took my breath away. Several more synchronicities occurred while reading the book that to me, are simply unexplainable and bring me great joy. I have already purchased two more copies to give to family and friends because I feel that this book is just that important. In addition, it is just wonderfully written, funny, suspenseful and engaging. You will laugh and cry and probably want to stay up all night reading. This is a book that will stay with you. Enjoy.
 A healing work July 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of those books that you would love to give a five star rating, but cannot. The strengths of the book are many and include identification with the sorrow of the main character Mac, who goes through "the Great Sadness" over his daughter. The story is a moving story and very intriguing. The idea of going to the place of your greatest pain for healing is very important and was for me the strongest part of the book. The book has some strong theological strengths such as the emphasis on God redeeming his creation and about new creation. So often we think everything is about going to heaven when you die and that is it and so "new creation" is often forgotten. The book deals parabolic with the problem of evil and even defines evil as the absent of good, which is good theology.
At first it was difficult to get passed God as a large black woman. I was a bit disappointed thinking that the book was going to go down the line of "Bruce Almighty", but it really does not do so. The idea is that Mac had a poor relationship with his Father and so the Father (papa) manifests himself in a manner that would help Mac relate. This is both a strength and a weakness of the book. The fact that Satan is never mentioned in any way whatsoever was a weakness. Another weakness, as has been pointed out by other reviews (see the top three reviews), is the fear of the Lord aspect is missing. A final weakness is Sarayu. Why is the Holy Spirit represented as a Chinese woman named Sarayu? The author explains that it is a foreign word for wind, but still, I found it to be a weakness.
Even with these weaknesses, I would recommend this book to everybody. It is a faith builder and a healing book.
A insightful and healing journey July 25, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Shack was a riveting and emotional journey. As a born-again Christian, I recommend anyone and everyone read this book. It creates a visually stimulating collection that puts skin on the greatness of God. Young magnificently molds an image of the Trinity in a remarkable and unique way that for this mature Christian was amazing. Young does what many "religious" writers and speakers fail to do: make God real.
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