Research Consultant in Humanities, History and Phenomenology of Religions, The University of Queensland
Not only has my research included the publication of five books on topics in modern approaches to the study of religion, but also work on the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960-s. I was a volunteer in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s organisation (SCLC/SCOPE), which staged a massive voter registration drive throughout the South during the summer of 1965. My current research is about the spirituality of sport and the continuity of this theme from ancient to modern Olympic Games.
Why sport is a spiritual experience – and failure can help
Oct 20, 2016 12:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
We all have heard it said that sport is like religion. The annual cycle of sporting events mimics the yearly sequence of rituals by which traditional religions transform profane time and space into sacred moments and...
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