Mandela and the World Cup Trophy
Peter’s been on a roll here @ WaC while I’ve been down in Atlanta this summer trying my hand at ministry. I did, however, find some time for some theological and ethical reflection for the the beginning of the World Cup. The good people at ReligionDispatches.org allowed me to share.
Check out the article: Soccer and the Sublime in the Shadow of Apartheid.
Rather than comment on my own writing – as if this shameless post isn’t narcissistic enough – I’ll let you enjoy or critique as you see fit. Since RD doesn’t have a comments section for essays anymore, feel free to use WaC as your comments hub.
Happy World Cupping, friends.
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Amen! Amen! If there is anything that captures, mysteriously, the non-duality of the divine and the human, it is the magical beauty of a corner kick melding with a head-ball… This is holy ground. Whether it can transform the world, I don’t know. But I know it is wondrously holy.