David Haugh

Touchdowns for Jesus and Other Signs of Apocalypse

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“With eloquent intensity, Marcia W. Mount Shoop challenges all we think we know about the college and professional sports culture that has uniquely enveloped the last two decades of her life as a coach's wife, mother, and minister. As Shoop writes, 'Football provides us with an apocalypse worth our gaze,' and her personal tales--from shouting at hecklers at Soldier Field to getting kicked out of a wives' Bible study--enrich the wisdom of her words. . . . By the end, it's easy to feel better for having examined Shoop's powerful language that creates a clearer understanding of the redemptive powers of sport.”