DUIN: 'Shack' mum on God and evil question

I was disappointed at this review because, like many others coming from the present evangelical church in North America, it misses the point. The author in all the interviews regarding his purpose has indicated that his direction was not to write a theological dictionary, or argue each point of doctrine in an seminary lecture format, but to simply allow God to be presented symbolically, as typically all this form of fiction does. The meeting with God took place in a vision. If we want the Biblical presentation of the reason God allows evil we have only to read the book of Job that largely agrees with Paul Young's position... that it is really above our place to demand such a reason, but to humble ourselves in God's presence and allow him to provide for us, before, during and after the evil we all experience. The author of this critique obviously began the interview with an antagonistic attitude and missed the wonder that millions are now feasting upon. Paul Young somehow touched the primary story of God and now God is using the crude instrument fashioned out of that event to touch the hearts of the world. I am a pastor, well-schooled, and enjoying my church and denominational connections, but I can understand why Mr. Young has difficulty finding a place in the larger church that finds too much time shooting at itself to help the spiritually hungry connect with the loving God portrayed in The Shack. Blessings Revrae