La Pasión del Luchador y el Artista Gerald Lopez
The Other Journal features art from the Latino artist Gerald Lopez, who creates images based on the Mexican sport of professional wrestling known as Lucha libre.
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Life Is Standing There to Kick You in the Face: A Review of Doug Merlino’s Beast
In reviewing Doug Merlino’s Beast, Luann Anderson journeys into the misunderstood world of mixed martial arts (MMA) and the athletes behind the sport.
The Abnormal Amateur: Or Why Tim Tebow Never Got Flagged for Excessive Celebration
In looking at the rules governing football celebrations, James M. Smith seeks to address Foucault’s notion of the abnormal.
The Training of the Olympian Soul
In this piece, Heather L. Reid considers what it might mean to have the soul of an Olympian.
The Redemptive and Demonic in Big-Time Sports: An Interview with Marcia W. Mount Shoop
In this interview with The Other Journal, Marcia Mount Shoop explores the realities of race, gender, and capitalism as they relate to big-time sports today.
Let’s Dance: Zumba and the Imago Dei of Beautiful Black Bodies
As a black woman, Zumba helps me to take back my body, a body that has been objectified, abused, oppressed, & oversexualized because of its color and shape.
Holy Play: Toward a Christian Engagement with Physical Fitness
Christians in the 21st century are uniquely positioned to engage physical fitness in ways that liberate and ennoble life, rather than oppressing and destroying it.
