Comments on: Behind the scenes with Bono: Rock, politics, poverty… and his Christian faith http://lookingcloser.org/2009/02/behind-the-scenes-with-bono-rock-politics-poverty-and-his-christian-faith/ The official website of Jeffrey Overstreet Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:36:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Travis http://lookingcloser.org/2009/02/behind-the-scenes-with-bono-rock-politics-poverty-and-his-christian-faith/#comment-181502 Travis Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:04:34 +0000 http://lookingcloser.org/?p=65302#comment-181502 Chattaway, I find it unwarranted too. As a staffer for an "evangelical" non-profit missions org, Bono's comments regarding the so-called beating the religious right received for their "inaction" in Africa are absurd and intellectually dishonest. The organization I work for, and many other para-church organizations with whom we partner, have been doing work in Africa for many years. To read this, it sounds like the religious right didn't get into gear until he stood up and said something about it, and it's insulting. I admire a great many things about Bono--he's a world-class individual with, I am sure, a deep relationship with Jesus Christ (like you said Jeffrey, he's made this eloquently clear many times in the past). I am well aware of his political beliefs, and while I may disagree with some of them, I have always felt that when he brought something to the table, he did so in a manner of civility, and worthy of Christ's Gospel. This is the first time I have ever felt otherwise. Chattaway, I find it unwarranted too. As a staffer for an “evangelical” non-profit missions org, Bono’s comments regarding the so-called beating the religious right received for their “inaction” in Africa are absurd and intellectually dishonest. The organization I work for, and many other para-church organizations with whom we partner, have been doing work in Africa for many years. To read this, it sounds like the religious right didn’t get into gear until he stood up and said something about it, and it’s insulting.

I admire a great many things about Bono–he’s a world-class individual with, I am sure, a deep relationship with Jesus Christ (like you said Jeffrey, he’s made this eloquently clear many times in the past). I am well aware of his political beliefs, and while I may disagree with some of them, I have always felt that when he brought something to the table, he did so in a manner of civility, and worthy of Christ’s Gospel. This is the first time I have ever felt otherwise.

]]> By: Peter T Chattaway http://lookingcloser.org/2009/02/behind-the-scenes-with-bono-rock-politics-poverty-and-his-christian-faith/#comment-181322 Peter T Chattaway Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:11:13 +0000 http://lookingcloser.org/?p=65302#comment-181322 Does anyone think Bono's self-puffery -- his claim that he was the "serious scourge" of evangelicals, and that they shaped up and did the right thing after he, himself, gave them "a serious beating" -- is really all that warranted? I can never hear claims like this without thinking back to a <i>Christianity Today</i> editorial from six years ago called "Bono's Thin Ecclesiology" (feel free to Google it). Does anyone think Bono’s self-puffery — his claim that he was the “serious scourge” of evangelicals, and that they shaped up and did the right thing after he, himself, gave them “a serious beating” — is really all that warranted? I can never hear claims like this without thinking back to a Christianity Today editorial from six years ago called “Bono’s Thin Ecclesiology” (feel free to Google it).

]]> By: Mayrock http://lookingcloser.org/2009/02/behind-the-scenes-with-bono-rock-politics-poverty-and-his-christian-faith/#comment-181292 Mayrock Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:43:53 +0000 http://lookingcloser.org/?p=65302#comment-181292 Great interview -- thanks for posting that. I admire the man for soldiering on and putting his faith into action. Great interview — thanks for posting that.

I admire the man for soldiering on and putting his faith into action.

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