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I am lookingfor anyone of taste (and your book selection denotes taste) who has read The Shack? It’s a big bestseller in the Christian world, and, not surprisingly, void of good theology. Have you heard of it?
By: Longing for Holiday on March 10, 2008
at 5:24 pm
I have not personally read this book although it has been on my list for a bit for a few reasons..
-it is being touted as “fictional emergent literature” which is the first book i have heard described that way,
-many people are reading it, and I teach and lecture a lot so I am sure i will be asked about it at one point
-(without reading it) My guess on its popularity is much the same as the popularity of the worship song “Blessed be your name” the song actually is not that great from a musical perspective, but Christianity so rarely deals with pain and suffering well through fiction and the arts that when it comes along and is even quasi-authentic, it draws a crowd.
By: amybaker on March 10, 2008
at 10:07 pm
Check it out. I don’t think the author had the depth to realize that he reduces who God is in order to address suffering…
By: Longing for Holiday on March 11, 2008
at 2:03 am
“blessed be your name” is one of the 4-5 most W fun songs to play but I know what you’re getting at.
By: Joel on March 11, 2008
at 12:39 pm
Yeah, I like that song a lot too.
By: Meade on March 11, 2008
at 2:34 pm
For anyone interested… I am reading Lush life right now, by Robert Price, and he is a literary genius. I am embarrassed I have not read him sooner. I will do a formal review once I finish it. (the shack comes next).
By: amybaker on April 16, 2008
at 4:27 pm
have just finished Velvet Elvis. Is that off limits or on? Comments.
By: maria on May 12, 2008
at 10:16 am
I really liked Velvet Elvis. It’s largely about non-foundational theology which I essentially agree with. There’s problems with it of course. I think he gets too much heat for the “Jesus fathered by Larry” thing. It was a thought experiment, not a statement of belief. He said he actually believed the historically orthodox position on the virgin birth.
By: Meade on May 12, 2008
at 11:34 am
I am actually, finally reading the Shack, and will post a book review in the next few days. I have not yet finished, but let’s just say I have very mixed feelings.
By: amybaker on July 22, 2008
at 11:19 pm