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Paul Putz
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Here’s my fav thing I wrote in 2018. How the political and cultural meanings of prayer in football have changed over the past 140 years religionandpolitics.org/2018/08/28/foo…
Other highlights this year: providing background info and getting interviewed for this @ringer story on @Sports_Spectrum theringer.com/nfl/2018/3/23/…
And getting to talk sports, Christianity, and US history with @JohnFea1 on @TWOILHPodcast thewayofimprovement.com/2018/10/07/epi…
I also loved writing this piece for @CTmagazine on Nick Chiles, one of the most fascinating midwesterners I've come across in my research christianitytoday.com/history/2018/j…
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Paul Putz
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I've spent a large part of the past four years studying and writing about the history of sports & Christianity in the United States. For #SuperBowlSunday, here's a thread of my football-related essays
1. My first piece on the subject was with @ReligPolitics, a look at the blending of faith and football in my home state of Nebraska religionandpolitics.org/2015/03/17/neb…
2. With @hhampton44, I co-wrote a piece for @CTmagazine on the theological debates over football in the game’s early years christianitytoday.com/history/2017/s…
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Paul Putz
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If I wasn't teaching a J-Term class right in which we cover a week's worth of material every day, I'd write something about this Cody Parkey thing. Instead, a few quick thoughts... chicagotribune.com/sports/footbal…
First, s/o to @CParkey36 for very publicly undermining recent claims I've made on this very site about evangelical sports ministry + success 😂
That the situation earned widespread approval from evangelical sports ministries shows that there is indeed room in that subculture for something beyond the "faith leads to on-field results" message sportsspectrum.com/sport/football…
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Paul Putz
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When I wrote this in my @CTmagazine review of a faith/football book... christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/septem…
I had this sort of thing in mind
I’m not saying Tua and Trevor are wrong to believe their faith provides a sense of calm. But take away claims that evangelical faith provides therapeutic/psychological benefits for athletes, and you pretty much take away the foundation on which evangelical sports ministry exists.
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