Books

 

Baker W. J. Playing with God: Religion and Modern Sport. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. 

 

Forney, Craig. The Holy Trinity of American Sports: Civil religion in Football, Baseball, and Basketball. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2007. 

 

Guttmann A. From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports. New York: Columbia University Press, 1978. 

 

Higgs R. J. God in the Stadium: Sports and Religion in Modern America. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1995. 

 

Krattenmaker, Tom. Onward Christian Athletes: Turning Ballparks into Pulpits and Players into Preachers. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2010. 

 

Journal Articles

 

Chandler, Joan. “Sport is Not a Religion”. In Sport and Religion. Edited by Shirl J. Hoffman, 55-61. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Books, 1992. 

 

Eitzen, D. Stanley and George H. Sage. “Sport and Religion”. In Religion and Sport: The Meeting of Sacred and Profane. Edited by Charles Prebish, 79-118.West Port, CN: Greenwood Press, 1993. 

 

Hoffman, Shirl. “Prayers Out of Bounds”. In Theology, Ethics and Transcendence in Sports. Edited by Jim Parry, Mark Nesti and Nick Watson, 35-63. New York: Routledge, 2011. 

 

Nesti, Mark. “Suffering, Sacrifice, Sport Psychology and the Spirit”. In Sport and Spirituality: an Introduction. Edited by Jim Parry, 151-169. New York: Routledge, 2007. 

 

Prebish, Charles. “Religion and Sport: Convergence or Identity?”. In Religion and Sport: The Meeting of Sacred and Profane. Edited by Charles Prebish, 45-76.West Port, CN: Greenwood Press, 1993. 

 

Price, Joseph. “The Super Bowl as religious Festival”. In Sport and Religion. Edited by Shirl J. Hoffman, 13-16. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Books, 1992. 

 

Slusher, Howard. “Sport and the Religious”. In Religion and Sport: The Meeting of Sacred and Profane. Edited by Charles Prebish, 173-196.West Port, CN: Greenwood Press, 1993.

 

Other Sources

 

Brooks, Booby. “Why has the NFL Become a Religion”, bleacherreport.com, August 12, 2010. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/437542-why-the-nfl-is-replacing-religion Accessed October 9, 2013. \

 

Fellowship of Christian Athletes. http://www.fca.org/ 

 

Holbert, Allan. “Cowboys Finish Vikings 17-14”, Star Tribune, December 29, 1975. http://www.startribune.com/blogs/81598612.html Accessed on October 8, 2013. 

 

Lipsyte, Robert. “Sports, God, & Religion” in Writers’ Bloc, February 10, 2004. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=bloc/040210 Accessed October 8, 2013. 

 

 

Oppenhiemer, Mark. “In the Fields of the Lord”, in Sports Illustrated, February 4, 2013.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1206795/ Accessed on October 7, 2013. 

 

Onion Writing Staff. “Athletes in Religion”. The Onion: America’s Finest News Source, January 13, 2012, http://www.theonion.com/articles/athletes-and-religion,27033/ Accessed on October 6, 2013. 

 

Wikipedia writers, “Hail Mary Pass” wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_Mary_pass Accessed October 5, 2013. 

 

Videos

 

bret3d “The Immaculate Reception”, youtube.com, video uploaded on January 16, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xMDIcsUMmA Accessed on October 5, 2013.

 

Bossip Staff. “Tim Tebow Skit on SNL with Jesus Making a Special Appearance”, bossip.com, video uploaded December 19, 2011. http://bossip.com/512373/tim-tebow-skit-on-snl-with-jesus-making-a-special-appearance-video69691/ Accessed on October 5, 2013. 

 

DallasCowboys94Ware. “NFL Films – The Power and the Glory”, youtube.com, video Uploaded on March 1, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7AhBi7dEnE Accessed on October 5, 2013. 

 

davek70s. “1975 Vikings – Cowboys Hail Mary”, youtube.com, video uploaded on November 21, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7uS0ezb2o4 Accessed on October 5, 2013. 

 

ejrebtibay. “Tim Tebow - Giving Glory to God Highlights”, youtube.com, video uploaded on November 19, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QUe8NLZztY Accessed on October 5, 2013. 

 

Jeff Nichols. “The Music City Miracle”, youtube.com, video uploaded on July 4, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCJFmL4oxPE Accessed on October 5, 2013.

 

John Miller, "NFL Football Most Amazing Touchdowns and Catches" youtube.com, uploaded January 30, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkBcYYfzyag Accessed November 12, 2013.

 

NFLBlogBlitz. “Ray Rice and Post Game Prayer”, youtube.com, video uploaded on February 1, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhwkYiGW1K8 Accessed on October 5, 2013. 

 

NFL.com Staff. “Week Three Can’t-Miss Play: Seahawks Hail Mary”, NFL.com, video uploaded September 25, 2012. “http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-miss-plays/0ap2000000066000/Hail-Mary-for-Hawks” Accessed on October 5, 2013. 

 

PolitiClips1."Focus on the Family Super Bowl Commercial with Tim Tebow", youtube.com, video uploaded Feburary 7, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqReTDJSdhE. Accessed October 5, 2013. 

 

Scott Juffe. “Miracle in the New Meadowlands”, youtube.com,video uploaded on December 19, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnutUk02Sk0 Accessed on October 5, 2013.

 

SportsNewsForDummies, "(HD) NFL Top Ten Plays of the Past 25 Years" youtube.com, uploaded July 15, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EiURD0esl0 Accessed November 12, 2013.

 

Images

 

Daniel Sadlier, "Tim Tebow, The Broncos, and Brokeness" October 31, 2011 http://www.dansadlier.com/2011/10/tim-tebow-the-broncos-and-brokeness/ Accessed November 10, 2013.

 

Greg Garber, "All that, with Cheese on top", Feburary 3, 2011, http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/columns/story?page=hotread21/Cheesehead Accessed November 12, 2013.

 

Jack Kukoda, "I Just Shat out the Lambardi Trophy", Feburary 6, 2006 http://www.kukoda.com/2006/02/06/i-just-shat-out-the-lombardi-trophy/ Accessed November 12, 2013.

 

Justin Edmonds, Getty Images. Published in New York Times November 7, 2011, "In Tebow Debate, a Clash of Faith and Football" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/sports/football/in-tebow-debate-a-clash-of-faith-and-football.html?_r=0 Accessed November 10, 2013.

 

Marco Fernandez, "NFL Super Fans: The True Atheltes", August 22, 2012 http://www.thebubble.com/article/nfl-super-fans-the-true-athletes/?id=1345654849#.UoRLPJTcozY Accessed November 12, 2013.

 

Men's Journal, "Best of Dad's Playbook: George Halas" http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/health/best-of-dads-playbook-george-halas-20120608 Accessed November 10, 2013 

 

Sportsecyclopedia, "Pete Rozelle: NFL Commissioner 1960-1989"  http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/comish/rozelle.html Accessed November 10, 2013.