If you’ve read anything on sport and religion from a religious studies disciplinary perspective, you probably know of Eric Bain-Selbo. Eric has spent his career studying the intersection of religion and sport.

Remember the International Journal of Religion and Sport? Eric was the editor.

Are you aware of the International Journal of Sport and Religion? Eric is the co-editor.

Have you read Game Day and God? If not, you should. In it, Eric discusses the deep ways in which Christianity and college football serve to provide structures of meaning for people in the American South who hold on to a particularly historical legacy of their region.

In this podcast episode, Eric shares the origins of his interest in sport and religion, and he identifies some of the big questions that drive his research.

Listen to his conversation with Brian and Chad to learn more!