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Bono's American Prayer
"The world's biggest rock star tours the heartland, talking more openly about his faith as he recruits Christians in the fight against AIDS in Africa."
Cathleen Falsani | posted 3/01/2003 12:00AM
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Steve Stockman's Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2 is available at Christianbook.com. Christianity Today interviewed the author in April.
For the best overview of the band's history and development , read Wall of Sound's "U2."
Previous Christianity Today articles about Bono and U2 include:
'A Rock Band That's Good for Something' | The author of Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2 talks about why politicians listen to Bono. (April 19, 2002)
Bono Tells Christians: Don't Neglect Africa | He urges evangelicals to take a lead in fighting AIDS and poverty. (April 19, 2002)
Inside CT: Bono's Burning Question | Evangelicals and the U2 front man try to figure each other out. (April 19, 2002)
Honest Prayer, Beautiful Grace | The messianic and passionate U2 sounds like itself again. (Feb. 8, 2001)
Previous Christianity Today articles on AIDS in Africa include:
Killing a Pandemic | The church may be best equipped to deal HIV/AIDS a crippling blow. (Nov. 18, 2002)
U.S. Blacks Preach Abstinence Gospel | Mission workers testify that Christ helps control sexual urges. (March 27, 2002)
Mercy Impaired | Let's shock the world by reversing our apathy toward African sufferers. (September 27, 2001)
Kenyan President Suggests Hanging for 'Knowingly' Infecting Others with AIDS | Church organizations criticize use of capital punishment as solution to epidemic. (July 19, 2001)
Dying Alone | Baptist women seek out and care for ashamed, abandoned AIDS patients. (June 15, 2001)
Few to Receive Generic AIDS Medicines | Pharmaceutical companies drop suit against South Africa, but problems remain. (May 18, 2001)
Zambia's Churches Win Fight Against Anti-AIDS Ads | Church leaders are concerned that condom promotion encourages promiscuity. (Jan. 12, 2001)
Mandela, De Klerk, and Tutu Join to Fight AIDS | South Africa's men of peace call for end of silence and stigmatization. (Dec. 14, 2000)
Speaking with Action Against AIDS | A report from the Thirteenth International AIDS Conference. (July 19, 2000)
'Have We Become Too Busy With Death?' | As 4,900 people die each day from AIDS, African Christians are faced with the question. (Feb. 4, 2000)
'Sexual Revolution' Speeds Spread of HIV Among Africans | An interview with World Relief's Debbie Dortzbach. (Feb. 4, 2000)
Books & Culture Corner: An Open Letter to the U. S. Black Religious, Intellectual, and Political Leadership Regarding AIDS and the Sexual Holocaust in Africa (Jan. 24, 2000)
Africa: Fidelity Urged to Fight AIDS (July 12, 1999)
Global Death Rates May Skyrocket (May 24, 1999)
I Am the Father of an AIDS Orphan (Nov. 17, 1997)
For more articles on AIDS in Africa, see allAfrica.com and Yahoo Full Coverage
Other relevant recent articles about Bono include:
Bono Named As Possible Nobel Peace Prize Recipient —ET (Feb. 19, 2003)
Bono: "Who in Ireland could have too much respect for organized religion?" —Larry King Live, CNN (Dec. 1, 2002)
Bono: World AIDS Day 2002 Interview —BBCi (Nov. 2002)
Rock Star Bono's Agenda For Africa —AllAfrica.com (March 1, 2002)
Bono's crusade comes to DC —Terry Mattingly's On Religion
Bono: 'You can't escape the politics if you're Irish' —CBS News (February 27, 2002)
Gates, Bono, unveil 'DATA Agenda' for Africa — CNN (Feb. 3, 2002)
Over two decades, U2's leader has evolved from heart-on-his-sleeve idealist to irony-drenched rock 'n' roll Liberace to hopeful pragmatist —Salon.com (Oct. 2, 2001)
Bono: The Beliefnet Interview —(February, 2001)
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