Under the Sun: Postmodern Athletics
Do sports spectators actually believe, or are they deceiving themselves into believing what they know is untrue?
Do sports spectators actually believe, or are they deceiving themselves into believing what they know is untrue?
“Ten or twenty years hence, we will see the Chick-Fil-A uproar as the tipping point where the boycotters publicly assumed the position of the ‘buycotters.'”
A political narrative and a religious narrative help provide much needed historical context for the health care debate.
Recent headlines provide the ingredients for a Christian litigant stew, and John Whitehead is stirring the pot.

Is this seemingly inextricable connection between patriotism and worship something old or new?
“These historical complications do not on their own invalidate Olasky and Piper’s position. They do, however, call into question the stories these men are telling about their positions.”
“Even if I know the history of a cultural practice—if I correctly classify a problem as ‘propriety’ rather than ‘chastity’—my decisions about how to look and what to wear don’t suddenly get easier.”
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