Finding God In The Musical Hamilton

Earlier this year I got to see the musical Hamilton in Chicago, and it was great.

It is a great story, great music, great production, touches some political nerves about immigration (nerves that may need to be touched), and it also has some great Christian themes.

EVERYONE should listen to the soundtrack, it is so catchy, I love singing it in the car with my daughter on the way to school. Especially “Non-Stop.”

There are some great articles about Hamilton and Christianity that I’d recommend.

Over at Premier Christian Radio, Kevin Cloud has an article on God & Hamilton: The spiritual messages behind the musical everyone’s talking about

Deeply spiritual themes saturate the musical. Hamilton’s story begins with an act of grace. The businessmen in the Caribbean generously give him money to travel to America and get his education. Hamilton’s character sings about this experience, reflecting on how this grace changed the direction of his life. Everything that Hamilton became, every opportunity afforded to him in America, was made possible by this generous gift. Hamilton built his life on the foundation of grace. What is true of Hamilton is true of all of us. Where would any of us be without the grace of God? The foundation of each of our lives is built squarely on God’s grace alone.

The second act highlights one of Hamilton’s greatest personal failures – his affair with Maria Reynolds. Hamilton’s wife, Eliza, was obviously devastated. In an act that revealed her hurt and anger, she burned the letters that she had written to Alexander over the years. The letters must have been one of Alexander’s most treasured possessions, and this act displays the intense level of betrayal that Eliza felt.

But as the story moves on, the Hamiltons slowly try to restore their marriage. They move uptown into a new house that Hamilton builds for his family. In one of the most powerful songs in the entire musical, ‘It’s quiet uptown’, Hamilton sings to his wife, imploring her to give him another chance.

There’s several articles over at Christianity Today:

Alissa Wilkinson, Here’s Every Biblical Reference in ‘Hamilton’

Susan Lim, God Loved Alexander Hamilton

Jessica Gibson, How ‘Hamilton’ Made American History Cool Again

And this is me with Eerdmans’ Rachel Bomberger singing a parody from Hamilton.