Christian Novel Characterizes God As Basically Queen Latifah
Good news, everyone! There's an unlikely book on the best seller list and it wasn't even anointed by the celestial touch of Oprah. Instead, the book is a Christian novel called The Shack about what happens when Jesus looks like Oprah, or something. Naturally, it's really taken off due to word of mouth, because it combines three things America loves: Jesus, Oprah, and reading about terrible child abductions (Hello, The Lovely Bones!) into one tiny paperback package.
From the NY Times:
Eckhart Tolle may have Oprah Winfrey, but "The Shack" has people like Caleb Nowak.
Mr. Nowak, a maintenance worker near Yakima, Wash., first bought a copy of "The Shack," a slim paperback novel by an unknown author [William P. Young] about a grieving father who meets God in the form of a jolly African-American woman, at a Borders bookstore in March. He was so taken by the story of redemption and God's love that he promptly bought 10 more copies to give to family and friends.