Randal D. Rauser is a Canadian

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theologian who serves as an associate professor of historical theology at Taylor Seminary.

Work

Rauser wrote a guide to '' The Shack'' in his companion volume ''Finding God in the Shack'' (Paternoster, 2009). In the book Rauser responds to many of the objections raised by critics like

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and

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. Rauser has written a book with the ex-Christian minister and

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polemicist

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and debated him on radio. Rauser has attempted to persuade people to practise

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Reception

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praised Rauser as a "skilled and accessible theologian."

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praised Rauser as having the "intellectual honesty to face up to the genuine difficulties confronting his faith." Rauser and

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have discussed their views on

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