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Sinéad O'Connor's Theology and 'Theology'Sinéad O'Connor's Theology and 'Theology'

Why you shouldn't be surprised that her new album is mostly passages from the Old Testament.

Ted Olsen | posted 7/09/2007 10:24AM

It has been 15 years since Sinéad O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live and said, "Fight the real enemy." So it's little wonder she's tired of talking about it and ...

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Nate	Posted: July 13, 2007 9:10 PM

This article and another interview with Sinead O'Connor on this website provided me with a very new perspective on her and her music. Sinead reveals herself as a somewhat dissillusioned person who has been made so by a religion gone bad. I found myself agreeing with much of what she had to say with the exception of the idea that all of us will be rewaded the gift of eternal life in heaven regardless of wether or not we have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It sounds as though Sinead has developed her own all inclusive theology that eliminates the need for Christ's attoning death on the cross. Her Jesus is a positive force that lives inside of all of us, but not a God who judges sin and actually sends people to hell for the rejection of Him and His salvation. I applaud her on the making of her most recent album "theology", although her own personal theology seems to have some misguided and fairly new-age ideas not of Biblical origon. May she find true God in her endeavors.

Ann	Posted: July 10, 2007 10:50 AM

Kudos to O'Connor. Some people may see her contradictory statements as a sign of hypocrisy and perverted theology. I see them as a sign of an honest woman doing her best to run the race. The gospel is this world's most stunning paradox of simplicity and complexity - I think she is making every effort to understand it as best she can. These to me are not the words of a woman who, as one reader commented, has "insulated herself from the word of God".

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Posted: July 10, 2007 12:00 AM

I prefer a wait and see. Her religion changes every few years as she re-makes herself just like a politician that got ran out of office. I don't see an apology to us true believer's or to the Pope. I am not catholic but she offended a person she did not know. Sure she may have been an angry little brat but still repentance comes with apologizing and making changes in ones life. So for now my prayers are with her, but I will have a wait and see.

sc	Posted: July 09, 2007 8:40 PM

Confusion or Sinead's own Theology, a god of her own making? It seems that her "religion" has insulated her from the true Word of God. I pray that she will seek the truth and find it, not resist it or feel ashamed of it. (...If you start writing songs about Jesus you know no one is going to listen to you. Obviously, I do believe in Jesus, but I am not stupid.") I do not plan to buy her new album or listen to it, despite the awkwardly gentle handling it received in this CT review.

Shmueli

Posted: July 09, 2007 5:54 PM


she never clamed to be Roman Catholic. She was ordained as a member of an independent catholic denomination well established in the UK

jg	Posted: July 09, 2007 4:38 PM


Alan, The Roman Catholic church doesn't ordain women priest. So either it was a self-ordination or she was ordained by a break-away group. I believe she may be saved, but she is really confused. Either way it's not up to me to determine her eternal state. I prefer not to listen to artists who are confused about their "theology". To much good praise music around by grounded christians.

Alan	Posted: July 09, 2007 3:49 PM


Nice article on a truly great talent (not too many of those around) - but you she did actually get herself ordained, and practiced as a 'Catholic' Priest - so I don't think there is too much doubt about her Christianity as you seem to suggest :-)

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