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The Gospel According to Hamilton: Seeing God in the Broadway Musical
This engaging book will feed your soul and deepen your appreciation for the brilliant, grace-filled story of Hamilton. You will find yourself delighting in Jesus as you consider the humor of King George, the grace of Eliza, and the ambition of Burr.The Gospel According to Hamilton will help you your own story and how God works in it.-Rethink your approach to politics and race.-Learn the importance of giving yourself and others permission to grieve.-Reconsider the need for granting forgiveness to people who hurt you.-Delight in the diversity and centrality of the church community.-Recognize the importance of the arts in the kingdom of God.Order you copy today and discover the joy of the gospel in Hamilton.Does Hamilton capture your heart, evoking a deep emotional response to the lyrics and the themes? Hamling explains well the relationship between the musical and God’s story of redemption. He finds in Miranda’s popular production numerous themes that speak to us of our deepest needs and desires, describing how we desperately want meaning and purpose in our lives. Hamling is a thoughtful writer with a keen eye for beauty and meaning in that beauty. Read The Gospel According to Hamilton if you want to appreciate Miranda’s work and its appeal to us through our need for God. --P.J. Hill, Professor Emeritus at Wheaton College
146 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 12, 2020
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August 16, 2020
Brief, poignant and powerfule ya
Although this book wasn’t what I was expecting when I picked it up, I’m happy I read it. I need to go back and watch the play/movie over. I love the grace the author shows in his analysis. The story is so tragic yet powerful and helpful as well. Eliza my new hero! We need strong female characters and history clearly shows that there was definitely a strong woman behind Alexander Hamilton. I would recommend this but to high school students looking at American history, Bible study groups and even use groups, and it features. Because of the strong female characters, I would definitely recommend it to women’s small groups.
Although this book wasn’t what I was expecting when I picked it up, I’m happy I read it. I need to go back and watch the play/movie over. I love the grace the author shows in his analysis. The story is so tragic yet powerful and helpful as well. Eliza my new hero! We need strong female characters and history clearly shows that there was definitely a strong woman behind Alexander Hamilton. I would recommend this but to high school students looking at American history, Bible study groups and even use groups, and it features. Because of the strong female characters, I would definitely recommend it to women’s small groups.
July 8, 2020
Jesus in the fabric
The author swings back and forth, with insight and grace, from the musical to the New and Old Testaments. He guides us through the songs in “Hamilton” and ties them to theological posts in the solid ground of Faith. The motifs of the musical, and the underlying vision of Jesus as our ultimate momentum in History, are creative and offer us, both as the viewer/audience and as the humble disciple of Our Faith, a new way to view destiny and ask the ultimate question: “who will tell the story of your life?” Bravo!
The author swings back and forth, with insight and grace, from the musical to the New and Old Testaments. He guides us through the songs in “Hamilton” and ties them to theological posts in the solid ground of Faith. The motifs of the musical, and the underlying vision of Jesus as our ultimate momentum in History, are creative and offer us, both as the viewer/audience and as the humble disciple of Our Faith, a new way to view destiny and ask the ultimate question: “who will tell the story of your life?” Bravo!
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