“Kurt Warner to Tebow: Tone Down the Faith Talk”
Read a Nov. 30, 2011, article from Christianity Today wondering if he should tone down his public expressions of faith to avoid alienating people.
Read a Nov. 30, 2011, article from Christianity Today wondering if he should tone down his public expressions of faith to avoid alienating people.
Read an article posted at Crosswalk.com comparing Tim Tebow to the great Depression-era racehorse Seabiscuit.
Read a Nov. 11, 2011, online column at The Washington Post, about the sex abuse coverup at Pennsylvania State.
At CNN, Tom Krattenmaker, author of the book Onward Christian Athletes, wrote that Jim Tressel’s fall “should make us rethink sports evangelization.”
Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel resigned in May 2011 after a series of sordid revelations about the program that he led, often citing his Christian faith as inspiration. Read about Tressel’s resignation in a May 30, 2011, article from Espn.
Read an essay in the Oct. 10, 2011, edition of Christian Century magazine. Author Rodney Clapp writes about his ambivalence toward the sport – his love of the game, and his dislike of the violence and the “shady” elements of collegiate sports.
Read a Jan. 27, 2012, story in The New York Times about efforts to defuse the deep religious divisions in Scotland that are played out in confrontations in the stands at soccer matches.
Read a Jan. 27, 2012, “On Religion” column in The New York Times by Samuel G. Freedman about how cultural conflicts are reflected in sports.
Read an April 5 essay at the online Jewish magazine, The Tablet, titled “Like a Player.” The column, by Elli Fischer, explores the development of the relationship between sports and faith, with a particular emphasis on the Jewish perspective.