Religious change is in the wind. A spirit of discontent is placing Christianity at the threshold of a new reformation. On the vanguard of this pervasive change is a fast-growing group variously labeled the "de-churched," the "unaffiliated," the "spiritual but not religious," or the "religious do-it-yourselfer." Disenchanted with the present, the de-churched are searching for new language and forms by which to pursue their spiritual quest. There's a Hole in the Sky speaks to the religiously unaffiliated, encouraging them to see their own frustration within the context of larger social change and providing a way of thinking about God that's fresh and relevant yet as old as Abraham.

Embedded in portions of the biblical text are performance modes of thought that preserve a pre-literary way of thinking that can be analyzed through performance analysis. Even as literary forms of thought are embedded in non-literary forms of communication (television and radio announcers, preachers, actors, conversation), pre-literary forms of thought (i.e., performance modes of thought), became embedded in early literature. Performance analysis is designed to identify and describe these performance modes of thought embedded in the prophetic literature. While recognizing the contribution of various forms of literary criticism, performance analysis enriches literary analysis by bridging the written word to its oral world. Doan's and Giles' book has two major components: the development of performance analysis methodology and the application of that methodology to select portions of the prophetic texts found in the Hebrew bible.