In the coming film adaptation of “The Shack,” a fictional book by William P. Young about a father's path to renewed faith and healing after his young daughter's murder, the character of God — as depicted in the novel — is portrayed as a curvy, maternal black woman.
And just as the book earned widespread notoriety and scathing critiques nearly a decade ago, the film is garnering its own praise and condemnation.
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