{"id":2765,"date":"2009-04-22T11:33:49","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T11:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/04\/bono-the-new-religion-opinion.html"},"modified":"2009-04-22T11:33:49","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T11:33:49","slug":"bono-the-new-religion-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/04\/bono-the-new-religion-opinion.html","title":{"rendered":"Bono: The New Religion Opinion Columnist of The New York Times?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"uspicforic.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/uspicforic.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Bono of U2 is certainly known for his works (of activism, that is) and his music has always been known for its Christian influence&#8211;but Bono the Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times? Taking a place alongside the likes of Thomas Friedman?<br \/>\nYes, it&#8217;s true. In Bono&#8217;s opinion piece, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/19\/opinion\/19bono.html?_r=1&amp;ref=opinion\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s 2009. Do You Know Where Your Soul Is?<\/a>&#8221; in this week&#8217;s Sunday edition Bono waxes poetic about, among other things&#8211;&#8220;the dying and the living that is Easter&#8221; and the ongoing meaning of Lent&#8211;wasn&#8217;t a fluke. If you go to the online version of this op-ed, the NYTimes urges you on the right hand sidebar to &#8220;Read Bono&#8217;s New Column&#8221; and introduces him as the new guest columnist.<br \/>\nHmmm. I don&#8217;t know what I think of this. Interesting&#8211;sort of&#8211;but I think I see enough of Bono already on TV and in celebrity and music mags. I&#8217;d rather hear from real writers and real people about religion in the op-ed section. What do you think?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/bono\/283215\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/bono\/283215\/584x85_belief.gif\" alt=\"Bono at LocateTV.com\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bono of U2 is certainly known for his works (of activism, that is) and his music has always been known for its Christian influence&#8211;but Bono the Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times? Taking a place alongside the likes of Thomas Friedman? Yes, it&#8217;s true. In Bono&#8217;s opinion piece, &#8220;It&#8217;s 2009. 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