{"product_id":"god-on-broadway-charles-a-gillespie-9781506481852","title":"God on Broadway: Revealing the Sacred in the Spectacle","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat has Broadway to do with Jerusalem? \u003ci\u003eGod on Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e explores the theological questions cracked open by commercial theatre. It shows how the Great White Way--that apex of tourist consumerism and a synonym for the business of spectacle--can be a place for theophany and critical reflection on religion. God is ready to be part of the show. God takes the stage as the clowning Jesus Christ of \u003ci\u003eGodspell \u003c\/i\u003eand in the comedian of \u003ci\u003eAn Act of God\u003c\/i\u003e; God seems to overhear Tevye's soliloquy-prayers from the balcony; God gets invoked in Backstage traditions and superstitions, in the booming voice of a director calling cues with a \"god mic\" and in the mystifying rules about a Scottish King's name. Broadway has a God \"waiting in the wings.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBroadway shows operate in wider culture as a secular catechist. They instruct us about God outside the walls of an institutional church. \u003ci\u003eGod on Broadway \u003c\/i\u003esits out in the house--where an audience of paying customers and strangers transform into co-players--and shows how God is revealed in the small choices of a playwright and in the flashy song-and-dance numbers of musicals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking for God \"on Broadway\" is a way of \u003ci\u003edoing \u003c\/i\u003etheology, a method for interpreting and talking about God \u003ci\u003efor \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ewith \u003c\/i\u003ea mixed, public, and inclusive audience. A commercial theology performs\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eon Broadway. This book invites theatre-lovers and theologians to play along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles A. Gillespie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150648185X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506481852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs","brand":"Charles A. Gillespie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47072127320319,"sku":"9781506481852","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55bad3eb-72ce-481c-9e46-1310dfcd2e54.jpg?v=1753415864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-on-broadway-charles-a-gillespie-9781506481852","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}