http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3524814/posts
The above link has a commentary on the book and makes some points on why “The Shack” is lousy Christian theology. At the end the writer doesn’t call for book burnings or anything, but says:
“The Shack is a wake-up call for evangelical Christianity. An assessment like that offered by Timothy Beal is telling. The popularity of this book among evangelicals can only be explained by a lack of basic theological knowledge among us — a failure even to understand the Gospel of Christ. The tragedy that evangelicals have lost the art of biblical discernment must be traced to a disastrous loss of biblical knowledge. Discernment cannot survive without doctrine.”
Thnx.
A significant faction of self described “evangelicalism” is a manifestation of what St. Paul warned when he wrote of the times when people “will not endure sound doctrine but having itching ears will find teachers of their liking”.
They are fad driven: Prayer of Jabez followed by Purpose Driven Life followed by The Shack.
Follow the Gourd! Follow the shoe!
When you are rootless you will follow (and fall for) anything.