A Brief Theology of Sport – Theos

Paul Bickley reviews Lincoln Harvey's A Brief Theology of Sport.

Theos website 28 April 2014

In Danny Boyle’s vibrant opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics, the most impressive moment was Akram Khan’s muted dance, accompanied by Emile Sandé’s rendition of Abide With Me. In stark contrast to the rest of Boyle’s confident, colourful and humorous exploration of Britishness, and to the International Olympic Committee’s quazi-religious fruitcakery, Boyle had given Khan a one word brief: mortality. - See more at: http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2014/04/28/a-brief-theology-of-sport#sthash.FsQDBkZR.dpuf
In Danny Boyle’s vibrant opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics, the most impressive moment was Akram Khan’s muted dance, accompanied by Emile Sandé’s rendition of Abide With Me. In stark contrast to the rest of Boyle’s confident, colourful and humorous exploration of Britishness, and to the International Olympic Committee’s quazi-religious fruitcakery, Boyle had given Khan a one word brief: mortality. - See more at: http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2014/04/28/a-brief-theology-of-sport#sthash.FsQDBkZR.dpuf

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