A Theology of Sports
Last week we discussed the fraught history of the church and sports. This week we turn to a more positive theology of sports grounded in the doctrine of creation. Is sport a consequence of the fall (Genesis 3) or can it be grounded in God’s good creation (Genesis 1)?
In this two part teaching I’ve been closely following the argument of a wonderful book by Lincoln Harvey entitled “A Brief Theology of Sport.”
George Orwell famously quipped that sport is “war without guns.” That is to tell the story of sports beginning in Genesis 3. Harvey argues that this is to get it backwards. Sport is not a…
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