We’re Number One: Sport as the Liturgy of Empire
Tim Suttle investigates American football through the lens of empire.
Tim Suttle investigates American football through the lens of empire.
In this essay, J. Scott Jackson investigates Joe Paterno’s legacy through the lens of William Stringfellow’s thought.
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.
The stories we tell about ourselves and our faith are important, says Chelle Stearns, and in this essay she looks at how our athletic culture informs those stories. Taking her cue from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, Stearns searches for a middle ground in our faith and Christology between the heroism of warriors and the heroism of healers.
The value of football is found not in fame and fortune, but rather in the potential it provides for cultivating moral and athletic excellence.