The Political Theology of Les Misérables
Richard Beck Jana and I are huge fans of the musical Les Misérables, so we've been living the dream lately. We got to see the show onstage again in November while at AAR/SBL in Chicago. Then the movie came out on Christmas Day. And we just found out that, after 20 years of trying, ACU has finally secured the permission to do Les Misérables for our 2013 homecoming musical. Again, Jana and I are hardcore fans. She and I can sing every line and every part (male and female) of the musical soundtrack. I find the musical to be a profoundly spiritual, and distinctively Christian, experience. (Same goes for the book, which I read in college.) Thinking the other day about the musical I had these thoughts about the political theology depicted in Les Misérables . I'm interested here in the contrast been Jean Valjean, Javert, and Enjolras (along with Marius and the other student-revolutionaries at the barricade). . . read more at: https://experimentaltheology.bl