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May 2016

May 31, 2016

#KillerSerials: PREACHER, Pilot

Tony Jones and Ryan Parker tackle a new show on #KillerSerials, AMC's Preacher. Adapted from Garth Ennis'...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

#KillerSerials: The People v. OJ Simpson, Ep. 3

After the jump, take a listen to the latest episode of the Killer Serials podcast....

October 2015

October 14, 2015

Three-Fourths of NFL Quarterbacks are Evangelical Christians

Football is a sport that has clear religious connections, from the Hail Mary pass...

October 31, 2011

Tebowing Tebow

Conversations about or comments on other people's public displays of faith inevitably say more about...

July 2010

July 10, 2010

Leading and Belonging

What could we possibly learn from the LeBron-athon that took place over the last two...

October 2009

October 12, 2009

Anticipating Antichrist

Lars von Trier's Antichrist is one of the few films that I really want to...

December 2008

December 09, 2008

MILK: A Pop Theology Dialogue

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay and I saw Gus Van Sant's new film, MILK, last...

April 2008

April 04, 2008

Sports, Religion, and Social Justice: Take Two

Here is some more footage of the GTU panel discussion on sports, religion, and social...

April 03, 2008

Sports, Religion, and Social Justice: A New Hermeneutic?

Below is the footage from a talk that I gave as part of a panel...

February 2008

February 03, 2008

Super Sunday

Happy Super Sunday! Super Bowl Sunday is the high holy day of American Civil Religion,...

November 2007

November 29, 2007

Tragic…

I've been thinking quite a bit about sports and religion lately and am working on...

November 20, 2007

Dispatches from AAR…Take 3

Rounding out a long Saturday, I attended the Forum on Sports and Religion: Perspectives on...

October 2007

October 05, 2007

As if they couldn't get any better…

The Colorado Rockies have certainly provided some exciting moments for this year's MLB playoffs and...

September 2007

September 06, 2007

Are You Ready for Some Football?!

To help celebrate the upcoming NFL season, which starts in just a few hours as...

July 2007

July 30, 2007

The Ripken Way…

On Sunday, two of baseball's greatest, classiest players were inducted into the Major League Baseball...

April 2007

April 15, 2007

In light of all the racist/sexist controversy swirling throughout the sports world over the past...

April 12, 2007

Just Sports?

Of course, this may be a tad bit late, but I don't know what kind...

April 05, 2007

The First Church of Baseball

Officially starting last Sunday, but going full-swing this week, millions of people across the country...