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In How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, U2 delivers a one-two punch with taut tunes on an eternal truth. Love never fails.

Scott Calhoun is an assistant professor of English at Cedarville University and a news writer for @U2.com.

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Our sister channel, Christian Music Today, has a commentary on How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb's spiritual dimensions

Calhoun wrote "The Legend of Bono Vox" for the current issue of our sister publication, Books & Culture.

More about U2, including downloads and the U2 iPoD, is available from their website.

Kenneth Tanner's "An eloquent and ravishing explosion", a review of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, is available from the webstite Thunderstruck.org.

Calhoun's articles for @U2 are on the band's spirituality.

Spinning Songs into Sermons | New book shows that fans can preach, too. (April 07, 2004)

U2's Rock 'n' Roll Soul | 'In the MTV world but not of it' (Aug. 17, 2004)

Steve Stockman's Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2 is available at Christianbook.com. Christianity Todayinterviewed the author.

Other Christianity Today articles on Bono and U2 include:

The Dick Staub Interview: Exegeting U2 | Get Up Off Your Knees preaches U2 from Boy to All that You Can't Leave Behind. (April 20, 2004)

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. (Feb. 21, 2003)

'Pop Music with Brains' | From the beginning, U2 has engaged spiritual questions. (Feb. 21, 2003)

Bono's Thin Ecclesiology | Any person can stand outside the church and critique its obedience to the gospel. (Feb. 21, 2003)

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)

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