Progressive Christianity and Bono

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I was reading the 'Progressive Christianity' wiki page and noticed under the 'notable progressive Christians' Bono!

I would doubt that Bono would endorse anything which put him in a box. (Probably like myself). Yet if you look at the broad definitions of what progressive is on the wikipedia then you could see that Bono actually fits in with this definition nicely.

• A spiritual vitality and expressiveness, including participatory, arts-infused, and lively worship as well as a variety of spiritual rituals and practices such as meditation
• Intellectual integrity including a willingness to question
• An affirmation of human diversity
• An affirmation of the Christian faith with a simultaneous sincere respect for other faiths
• Strong ecological concerns and commitments
• Social justice commitments through collective salvation

I think like many 'Rock 'n' Roller' like Bono part of there allure, is the mystery which makes them tick. Unravelling the riddles that make up their poetry and lyrics. Realising that what they write resonates with us all.

Related articles

• What Progressive Christianity is really about - in their own words! (livingjourney.wordpress.com)

Nick Cave and Bono

I spotted this post Bono vs Nick Cave on the Center for public website, by Greg Clarke.

"Both U2’s Bono and Nick Cave put their creative drive down to losing a parent at a young age. That tragedy gave them both a ‘Father-shaped’ hole in the heart that has to be filled with something. Bono says there’s something questionable about a middle-aged man who still needs to hear a stadium full of people chanting his name to know he’s OK. Nick Cave describes himself, using biblical language, as ‘doing the work of his father.
But both Bono and Cave acknowledge that the most significant man in history is not their respective fathers, but Jesus of Nazareth."

I find it interesting that both are often compared. Like brothers, they are examined by Aunties to see who has the strongest gentetic traits of their 'Father'. 

Double Albums

I think for me one think that elevates a good band to something even better is, the double album. Not just a crappy, cheap double 'live' album, a double studio album. At times you get these overlapping themes almost like a symphony.

My top five are::

The Beatles :: White Album

Pink Floyd :: The Wall

The Cure :: Kiss me, Kiss me, Kiss me

The Whitlams :: Little Cloud

Nick Cave :: Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus

Its interesting U2 hasn't got there with a double though I think Achung baby, had enough material left over for Zooropa. I think this should have been a double. But then again I can only listen to Bono for a short while before his voice gets on my nerves...