Lead singer of U2 writes controversial book
LEAD SINGER of U2 Bono has written a foreword for the new
book A Highjacked God by Adam Harbinson. The book is receiving some
criticism in Ireland as it openly criticises the modern Christian
Church. "I find solace in places I never could have imagined," says Bono. "The quiet
sprinkling of my child's head in Baptism, a gospel choir drunk on the
Holy Spirit in Memphis, or the back of a cathedral in Rome watching
the first cinematographers play with light and colour in stain glass
stories of the Passion. I am still amazed at how big, how enormous a
love and mystery God is and how small are the minds that attempt to
corral this life force into rules and taboos, cults and sects.
Mercifully God transcends the Church which is, I think, the subject of
this book."