The same month that U2 released their 13th studio album, â??Songs of Innocence,â? the spotlight has turned to the iconic rock bandâ??s faith. In an article for The New Yorker titled â??The Church of U2,â?Joshua Rothman explored â??confusionâ? around U2â?²s faith and claimed that they are a â??semi-secretly Christian rock band.â?
But applying such a label to U2 generally and their sunglasses-clad singer, Bono, seems difficult to defend. Even a cursory look at the bandâ??s beliefs and song lyrics show that they are very much out of the Christian closet.
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