Some perceptive observations in this Dallas Morning News article “Churches Use Super Bowl Sunday to Reach New People”:
William Baker, a retired University of Maine professor who has written two books about sports and religion, says the interplay between the two dates back to ancient times, and that in modern-day America, evangelical Christians make the most of the relationship. He calls sports part of the new “American trinity” – along with religion and patriotism.
“Any visitor from Mars on Super Sunday, whether he watches television or goes to the stadium in Miami,” Baker said, “would say these people believe, maybe in God, but for sure they believe in the American flag and in the flyover military display and in patriotism, but most surely they believe in sports.
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