#TakeAKnee: Race and Religious Violence at the Heart of Trump Attacks on Kaepernick/NFL
Thinking about the place of violence in American civil religion helps solve a perplexing theme in the debate over professional athletes’ protests.
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How Protesting Black Bodies are Imagined as a Threat to National Pride
Last night, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman declined to take questions during a press conference,…
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Why Kaepernick’s Refusal to Stand Is an Act of Religious Dissent
The American flag represents the nation state as a sacred entity—it serves as symbol for the nation’s self-worship.
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Christianity’s Concussion Crisis: Where Football and Faith Collide
A Nigerian-born Catholic has crashed the American wedding of faith and football by refusing to…
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The Question is: What Kind of Football Does God Fancy?
After leading his team to victory over the Seattle Seahawks last Sunday, Green Bay Packers quarterback…
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Why Jason Collins’ Faith is Ignored… And Tebow’s Isn’t
The faith of Jason Collins, who recently came out as the first gay athlete in a major American sport, doesn’t fit the model of culture war conflicts the media expects and the religious right demands of its spokespeople.
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Faith and Football: What the Gospel Church Can Learn from the NFL
Who knew it would turn out that the NFL has a thing or two to teach the gospel church about love, acceptance, and the struggle to overcome in a world of injustice?
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The bishops might want to investigate…
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Is Ken Starr ‘Pulling a Clinton’ on Jewish Studies Professor Marc Ellis?
According to Professor Marc Ellis, a critic of Israel and the American Jewish establishment, Baylor University’s new president Ken Starr is seeking to replace him with “a right-wing, Israel-loving Jew that would cement [Starr’s] reputation with the right wing…”
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Does God Want Jeremy Lin to Win?
Two unlikely heroes, Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin, have rocked the sports world. Lurking behind their stardom is a whole lot of bad theology.
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