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When Faith Took The Field: Christianity And The Popularity Of College Football
When Faith Took The Field: Christianity And The Popularity Of College Football

(REVIEW) “The Gridiron Gospel” is a wonderful addition to the study of religion and sport. It focuses on schools like Notre Dame, BYU and Liberty University. Historian Hunter M. Hampton convincingly shows that college football was not just shaped by faith, but actively helped form how millions of Americans understood Christianity throughout the twentieth century.

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Christianity, North America, SportsClemente LisiClemente Lisi, books, book review, sports, sport, football, college football, Christianity, muscular Christianity, Notre Dame, BYU, Wheaton College, Liberty University, NCAA, Oregon, Indiana, Miami, Ole MissComment
The National Park Discovered By A Minister Who Collected Fossils And Taught Evolution
The National Park Discovered By A Minister Who Collected Fossils And Taught Evolution

A humble Congregationalist minister, with a Bible in one hand and a geologist’s pick in another, was at the center of discovering one of the richest troves of fossils in the world. He is Thomas Condon, the only clergyman with a national park visitor center named after him and a man who understood early on how religion and science could fit together.

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News, North America, TravelJulia DuinJulia Duin, Primary Feature, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, creation, evolution, fossils, fossil park, Oregon, Thomas Condon, ZengerComment