Some biographers have said that Dylan renounced is faith...this is not true. Actually, what he said was that he was going to stop the in-your-face attempts to convert others...in fact, the next album that received critical acclaim after his Christian albums, was INFIDELS, and Dylan continued some of the Christian themes, although secular music critics didn't realize it, including the song Ring Them Bells:
Ring Them Bells
Ring them bells St. Peter Where the four winds blow,
Ring them bells with an iron hand So the people will know.
Oh it's rush hour now
On the wheel and the plow
And the sun is going down Upon the sacred cow.
Ring them bells
For the blind and the deaf
Ring them bells
For all of us who are left
Ring them bells
For the chosen few
Who will judge the many
When the game is through
I don't know about 'renouncing faith', but Dylan shows up at Chabad houses on most Jewish holidays. I am unaware if he's showed up for communion anywhere lately.
I don't know what more people want from him. He's raised good kids who apparently love him; he's written music that will last for generations; his lyrics are part of our lexicon; and he's stated clearly, righteously and publicly the faith in Jesus Christ which brought him peace.
Who among us has done more?