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Bulletin for the study of religion feed- Bulletin 41.2
- Reed M. N. Weep Retirement
- Field Notes: News and Announcements in the Discipline
- Divinity Manifest in a Female Body: Guglielma of Milan as the Holy Spirit, Female Deity and Female Leadership in the Later Middle Ages
- Sexual Liberality as Othering: The Case of Islam in Late Antiquity and Modernity
- SORAAAD Book Notes with the Bulletin
- Romania’s Saving Angels: ”New Men”, Orthodoxy and Blood Mysticism in the Legionary Movement
- Christus Virgo: Representations of Christ as a Virgin in Early Christianity and Late Antiquity
- Editorial: New Challenges, New Directions
- 'The Stars Down to Earth' - Why Educated Women in the Western World Use Astrology
Tag Archives: football
The Complexities of Tebowing
While Denver Broncos’ quarterback, Tim Tebow, has drawn increasingly sharp criticism, satirical imitation, and downright scorn for his public displays of faith, as well as the emergent movement he has inspired (note the picture of a young women “Tebowing” beside … Continue reading
Posted in Kenny Paul Smith, Religion and Popular Culture
Tagged atheists, Denver Broncos, Eric Ball, Evangelicals, football, Fox News, Jews, Muslims, NFL, Tim Tebow
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Soccer and Revolution
Since we recently had a post by Deane on the idea that sports can serve as the “opium of the masses“—prompted in part by a quote from Terry Eagleton’s 2007 volume The Meaning of Life—I was intrigued when I saw … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Society
Tagged football, Luke Roelofs, Majestic Equality, Opium of the Masses, politics, Religion, Soccer, Sports, Terry Eagleton
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Religion, Sport, Opium and the Wealth Gap
First, reread the classic statement, but note in particular its deeply sympathetic tone: “Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again. But man is no abstract … Continue reading
Posted in Deane Galbraith, Politics and Religion, Religion and Popular Culture, Religion and Society
Tagged A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, criticism of religion, false consciousness, football, free market, inequality, Karl Marx, New Zealand, opium of the people, Reagan, real happiness, Richard Wilkinson, rugby, Rugby World Cup 2011, Spirit Level, sport, Sunday Star-Times, Terry Eagleton, Thatcher, The Meaning of Life, the sigh of the oppressed creature, trickle-down, vale of tears, vulgar Marxism
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