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At the end of October, the Patheos Public Square featured articles and related media on Religion and Sports. We have grouped these articles into this Topic page, for your convenience.
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The Faith of an Olympian |
| An Interview of Samantha Peszek |
What's faith like on the floor of the Olympic Games? Television audiences often see gymnasts praying. |
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An Anchor and a Purpose |
| An Interview with Stephen McCain |
"Gymnastics gave me an anchor and a purpose. It was like a miniature faith for me." An interview on faith and sports with an Olympic gymnast. |
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Body, Mind and Soul |
| By Zaakir Yoonas |
Spirituality may help athletes in coping with the challenges of competition. |
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Fighting Faith |
| By Anthea Butler |
The race for acceptance and acknowledgment begins with the recognition that at times, faith and political action go hand in hand. |
Buddhist Perspectives
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In The Zone: The Zen of Sports |
| By Andrew Cooper |
Mystics and poets aren't the only people who experience the transcendent. |
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No Real Winners |
| By Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche |
Winning and losing is a mug's game. All gain ends in loss anyway, and trying to achieve victory over others is unpleasant and delusional. |
Catholic Perspectives
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Sport is Life |
| By Tim Muldoon |
Athletes inspire us to strive to imagine ourselves anew, to reach for goals... |
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Finding Religion in Sports |
| By Father Frank Berna |
What can sports teach us about worship? |
Evangelical Perspectives
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The Big God of Eric Liddell |
| By Stuart Weir |
Eric Liddell put God before King and refused to run on the Sabbath. He won a gold anyway and became a hero to million. |
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From Partying to Prayer |
| By Mariano Rivera |
Now I'm able to keep everything in perspective, because I know that following Christ is the most important thing in life. |
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God on the Gridiron |
| An Interview of Nick Harris |
A punter for the Detroit Lions tells the incredible story of how he became an NFL player and how God showed His faithfulness even in the midst of a terrible losing season. |
Jewish Perspectives
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Champion of Judaism |
| By Elad Nehora |
Meet Alan Veingrad. Offensive lineman. Green Bay Packer. Dallas Cowboy. Champion. A Super Bowl star discovers his Jewish heritage. |
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From Ellis Island to Shooting Hoops |
| By Peter Ephross |
Jewish immigrants took to basketball with fervor. |
Mainline Protestant Perspectives
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Physical vs. Spiritual |
| By Judith Rock |
Without physicality, we have no ability to perceive or know anything, including all that we call "spiritual." |
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Baseball: A Spiritual Reminiscence |
| By Tex Sample |
An exclusive excerpt from the book The Faith of 50 Million: Baseball, Religion and American Culture. |
Mormon Perspectives
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Football and a Missionary Focus |
| By Marc Bohn |
Does the BYU football program have a spiritual mission? |
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Ruminations on a Sacred Cow: Sports & War |
| By Alan Keele |
Do competitive and violent sports have anything to do with military conflict? Perhaps... |
Muslim Perspectives
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The Deadly Burqini |
| By Shabana Mir |
A young Muslim woman is denied entry to a public pool because of her body-covering swimsuit, a "burqini," and authorities insist that it has nothing to do with Islam. |
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Islam and Women's Sports |
| By Gertrud Pfister |
More and more Muslim women are taking up sports, and Tehran is setting an example. |
Pagan Perspectives
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Magick's Arrow |
| By Wren Walker |
Pagans who regularly engage in a sport know that the difference between sports psychology and magickal psychology is mainly in terminology only. |
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The Virtue of Paganism: Olympics Lore |
| By Patheos Team |
The early Christian church condemned Roman sport because it was easy virtue. |
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