Is Sport Worth Dying For? Lessons From the Vancouver Olympics
The ancient Greeks celebrated athletic contests because of their danger; we moderns are far more conflicted about the matter.
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Obama in Copenhagen: It’s the Religion, Stupid
The Olympics don’t always leave their host cities better off than before. So why does Chicago want the games?
Read MoreReligion Round-Up: What’s Going on in Religion Around the World
Pew studies the importance of religion in China, Methodists and Lutherans swing both ways, and what media coverage of the fundamentalist Mormons has omitted…
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A Brief History of Olympic Flames
The Olympic Flame, a potent symbol with religious connotations, has historically been the focus of social protest.
Read MoreOlympics 2008: Ignoring History
The Beijing Opening Ceremonies had an odd way of ignoring history, politics, and the West itself…
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Olympic Ritual and Religion, Hosted by a Religion-less State
When the modern Olympic Games were revived they were imbued with a religious and ritualistic significance. How that will be handled by Communist China remains to be seen.
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