“Praying for More Than a Win”
See an Oct. 14, 2006, Religion News Service story in The Washington Post, “Praying for More Than a Win,” about the growing number of sports franchises using religion to boost attendance.
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“Is sport a religion?”
Read a Nov. 11, 2009, blog post, “Is sport a religion?” on the Psychology Today Web site.
“Flock Is Now a Fight Team in Some Ministries”
Read a Feb. 1, 2010, New York Times story, “Flock Is Now a Fight Team in Some Ministries,” about evangelical churches that are integrating martial arts and “extreme sports” into their ministries to attract young men and to help counter what many conservatives fear is a “feminization” of American Christianity.
“And God Created Football”
Read “And God Created Football,” an essay in the January/February 2010 edition of Books & Culture that reviews two books on football and asks “is football a religion or even religion-like?”
“Stay in the Struggle”
The February 1, 2010, piece “Stay in the Struggle” by Benjamin J. Chase and published by ChristianityToday.com argues that the competitive world of athletics is not so different from those of business, home and other environments. Chase is a former lacrosse player at Wheaton College.
“Amen, and a Foul”
Read the February 1, 2010, essay “Amen, and a Foul” by Mark Householder, president of Athletes in Action, an international sports ministry.
“Sports Fanatics: How Christians have succumbed to the sports culture — and what might be done about it”
The cover story of the February 2010 issue of Christianity Today is by author Shirl J. Hoffman and is titled “Sports Fanatics: How Christians have succumbed to the sports culture — and what might be done about it.” The article takes a critical look at the growing overlap between American Christianity and American sports.
“Tim Tebow & Mom: Super Bowl ad 2010”
The 30-second Super Bowl ad that features Tim Tebow and his mother explaining how she rejected medical advice that she consider an abortion due to complications while pregnant with him was sponsored by Focus on the Family, a leading conservative Christian lobby. The controversy over the television spot was heightened because the network, CBS, said […]
“Tom Cruise sues South Park”
Read a discussion posted on FreeSpeechDebate.com about whether or not it was acceptable for Tom Cruise to threaten to sue South Park over an episode making fun of Scientology.