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53rd Annual Meeting Program Schedule
SIG #2: Sports as the American Religion: Comprehending Sports from a Theological Perspective

Friday, October 27
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. (ticket)
Ian R. Tofler, M.D., Joseph L. Price, Ph.D.

Dr. Joseph Price is Professor of Religious Studies at Whittier College and editor of From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion (Mercer University Press, 2001). The group explores the role that organized sports can play in the development of multiple forms of rich identity in children, within both their family along with larger social systems. It also addresses the intersection of, and overlap between, sports and formal and less formalized expressions of religious faith, spirituality, and practice