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Introduction to the Theme Issue: Play

Chad Carlson is Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Director of General Education at Hope College. He serves on the executive board of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, he co-directed the Second Global Congress on Sport and Christianity, and he is co-founder and co-director of SPORT. FAITH. LIFE. Carlson wrote Making March Madness…

Chad Carlson, Brian R. Bolt and Curtis A. GruenlerAugust 22, 2021

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Grasshopper Theology: Games, Play, and the Ideal of Existence

Can game playing possibly be the ideal of existence? Philosopher Bernard Suits argues that it is, using a twist on the moral logic of Aesop’s fabled grasshopper. While many philosophers have weighed in on this question, none have done so with a Christian lens. In this article, we consider Suits’s body of work on the…

Chad Carlson and Brian R. BoltAugust 22, 2021

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Sports and Christianity: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Reviewed by Brian R. Bolt, Kinesiology, Calvin College When he wanted to make a point that could be understood by the widest possible audience, the apostle Paul’s metaphor of choice was sport. In sport Paul saw unrivaled tenacity, commitment, sacrifice, affinity, and intense love – all attributes he sought to stir in the hearts of…

Brian R. BoltJuly 15, 2014

Chad Carlson, Brian R. Bolt and Curtis A. Gruenler

Introduction to the Theme Issue: Play

Grasshopper Theology: Games, Play, and the Ideal of Existence

Sports and Christianity: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

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