Walk on: The Spiritual Journey of U2 by Steve Stockman
With the new U2 album “No Line On the Horizon” being released in the UK on March 2nd it seemed appropriate to publish a review of Steve Stockman’s book analysing the spiritual journey of U2.

Arguably the biggest band in the world, U2 have been at the top of their profession for many years now. I remember seeing them at the Lyceum Theatre in 1981! Their early albums contained tracks which appeared to have an obvious Christian message, but as they grew this seemed to change as they turned their focus more onto social issues.

In his excellent book Steve Stockman traces the group from their beginnings and analyses their albums and brings to light Christian content in much of their music that will surprise the reader. He discusses the bands ups and downs and shows how their Christian faith underpins all they do.

It’s fair to say that the book is very defensive of U2 and is critical of some evangelical Christians who have said that the band has abandoned their Christian faith. I can guarantee that you will not agree with everything written, but for all fans of U2 and Christian music it’s essential reading. If anything it might encourage us to pray for the group as they endeavour to live out their faith in the public arena.

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