Pray the White Way
Religious Expression in the NFL in Black and White
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3138971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey Scholes (0009-0005-9974-0280, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 470 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel10080470 |
| OpenAlex | W2966120342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Athletes, particularly players in the National Football League, have repeatedly invoked God in order to glorify, praise, or even credit the divine with success on the field. This essay examines the ways in which different types of religious language used to bring God onto the gridiron are received and evaluated along racial lines. I seek to show that speech by athletes, in particular black football players, that communicates a God who is partisan and intervenes in action on the field is routinely dismissed by fellow players, the media, and religious authorities who favor a God who either intervenes softly and generally or is above the game altogether. I contend that a double standard is applied to this theological debate due to a disregard of historical African American theology and to hegemonic white evangelical norms that police such discourse
Athletes · Football · Hegemony · League · Political science · Politics · Praise · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |