The Shack presents an immensely personal perspective of the Christian faith. Organized religion can sometimes put a dampener on a person’s personal relationship with God. The Shack represents how our own views shape our religious experience the most; not the Church’s cut and paste version. An example of Mack’s own personal views are the forms the holy trinity takes as God as an African American woman, the Holy Spirit as an Asian woman, and Jesus as a Hebrew man (Young 84). Even to some ‘establishment’ Christians, simply suggesting God taking the form of a human other than in Jesus is highly offensive. For some though, it may be comforting to imagine God in this way as a more relatable being, to show that he does love us all. Young’s portrayal
