Stephen Prothero of Boston University compares and contrasts the way Jeremy Lin communicates his faith on and off the basketball court with the apporach of another evangelical sports celebrity Tim Tebow.
When the Super Bowl rolls into your town, it brings along with it an increase in the sex trade. Some in religious communities are working to curb that business.
I was one of “those preachers” who mentioned the Super Bowl during church today. (My blog is called One Step Closer: Religion and Popular Culture.
The Café has confirmed that the National Football League season will end tonight, following a conclusive competition.
The public nature of this last interview, frankly, made me uncomfortable–probably because I got more glimpse than I needed of someone else’s private demons. It felt like an over-share of grand proportions,…
The Lead’s bloggers are excited to add to Episco-trivia. Episcopalian Drew Brees, quarterback of the New Orleans’ Saints,
When Tebow bends to pray, whether or not he knows it, he’s saying that the religion of sports in America is not the one true God. And that, at least, is saying something.
In 1966, John Lennon famously claimed that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus.” Today that title may belong to Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos quarterback more famous for praising Jesus than for throwing touchdowns.
Evangelical Protestants have historically opposed the idea of sainthood à la Roman Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy. A crowd of visual intermediaries, as the iconoclastic Protestant logic goes, could muddle the face of Jesus; the only image some Protestants will display in their homes and churches. But then there’s Tim Tebow…
For the moment, it looks like Dean Streit will be the one ponying up for the jersey. His Bruins are down 0-2 in the series and need to win four out of the remaining five games in the series to bring home Lord Stanley’s famed Cup.