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Guest Post – On Doing A New Thing: Not Just (Me)rleau-Ponty, Myself, and (I)saiah

I’m on sabbatical and I’ve taken up swimming. I know how to swim, but I’ve never done lap swimming, official swimming. I knew this would be a challenge for me, and I took it on philosophically and Biblically—the best ways I know. Phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty says: “true philosophy consists in relearning to look at the…

Chad CarlsonMay 5, 2022

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Our Labor on Play

When we think about play, we often think about leisure pursuits. We play tennis or Scrabble. We play the saxophone or video games. We play with words. We play with others. We watch plays. Such pursuits often engage us deeply, even if we only see them as diversions. Educator, author, and toymaker Frank Caplan said…

Chad CarlsonAugust 23, 2021

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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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Guest Post: At the Intersection of Sport and Faith

March Madness. The Masters in April. The Champions League in May. The NBA playoffs in June. The Olympics in July. We’re bombarded with popular sporting events to watch in the coming months, offering us a wealth of opportunities to consider the connection between sport and character even in COVID constraints. What does it mean to…

Chad CarlsonMarch 1, 2021

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Guest Post – On Doing A New Thing: Not Just (Me)rleau-Ponty, Myself, and (I)saiah

Our Labor on Play

Introduction to the Theme Issue: Play

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

Guest Post: At the Intersection of Sport and Faith

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