edited by Scott Calhoun ; foreword by W. David O. Taylor.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2018.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 236 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Bloomsbury studies in religion and popular music
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Foreword: Bono as the religious Everyman / W. David O. Taylor -- Introduction: U2's sacrament of sound / Scott Calhoun -- Part I. Meet me in the sound: "Edge, ring those bells" : the guitar and its spiritual soundscapes in early U2 / Henrik Marstal -- "Looking to fill that God-shaped hole" : the evolution of U2's spiritually evocative musical gestures / Christopher Endrinal -- Divine moves : pneumatology as passionate participation in U2's "Mysterious ways" / Steve Taylor -- Part II. Lift me out of those blues: "Hold on to love" : U2's bespoke exorcism of the 1960s / Nicola Allen and Gerry Carlin -- Sarajevo and the PopMart lemon : the fractured form and function of U2's walk through the valley of the shadow of death / Richard S. Briggs -- "You carried the cross of my shame" : from crippling stigma to infectious joy in the songs of U2 / Mark Meynell -- Part III. Escape yourself, and gravity: The technological reach for the sublime on U2's 360° tour / Kimi Kärki -- The "moment of surrender" : medieval mysticism in the music of U2 / Brenda Gardenour Walter -- "In God's country" : spatial sacredness in U2 / Michael R. MacLeod and Timothy Harvie -- Part IV. You give me something I can feel: "You don't see me but you will" : Jewish thought and U2 / Naomi Dinnen -- "Like faith needs a doubt" : U2 and the theist/nontheist dialogue / Angela Pancella -- Finding what they're looking for : evangelical teen fans and their desire for U2 to be a Christian band / Neil R. Coulter -- U2 and the art of being human / Mark Peters.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book examines indications that U2's band members work at conscious and subconscious levels as artists who focus on matters of the spirit, religious traditions, and a life guided by both belief and doubt... This collection [of essays] will be of interest to scholars and students of religious studies, musicology, popular music, and the broader topics of religion and popular culture."--Back cover.