Career
Rauser has written a generally sympathetic 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 Chuck Colson and Albert Mohler. Eugene H. Peterson praised Rauser as a "skilled and accessible theologian".
Dean Zimmerman praised Rauser as having the "intellectual honesty to face up to the genuine difficulties confronting his faith." Rauser and Peter Enns have discussed their views on biblical innerrancy.
Rauser has written a book with former preacher John West. Loftus, and debated him on radio.
