EPISODE · Aug 6, 2024 · 34 MIN
Dr. John White: Sports and Faith Integration
from The Strong Youth Project · host Strong Youth Project
Dr. Jenae Nelson interviews Dr. John White on the subject of sports and faith integration. They discuss varies topics, such as the balancing winning and maintaining morals, building character in sports, and the positive role of competition. Dr. White provides hope that sports can be effectively used to build character and sustain faith in the lives of youth athletes. Dr. John B. White is a native of the Midwest and in particular, he is a Hoosier. He raced in the legendary cycling race, "The Little 500" at Indiana University, on Team Cutters, which the film Breaking Away dramatizes. Playing sports has always been a "school" of sorts for John. The joys of play, challenges of competing well with others, and how to do and celebrate sports unto God are difficult to integrate but they demand serious reflection and practice. Because of such formative experiences, he sensed God's call to sports chaplaincy and ministry. His work included serving and ministering in churches, on various NCAA Division 1, 2 and 3 university campuses, at the Olympic Training Center and in Eastern and Western Europe. His PhD is from The University of Edinburgh where he studied moral theology with Michael Northcott and his dissertation was on Christianity and Sports- Sport and Christian ethics: Towards a theological ethic for sport. He also completed an M.Div. and an M.A. at T.E.D.S. where he completed his thesis with Kevin Vanhoozer. John’s publications have appeared in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Implicit Religion, Studies in Christian Ethics, Practical Theology, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Bible and Ethics, and he recently co-edited books with Routledge Press (2016), Cambridge Scholars and Mercer Press (2017). He also has a book under contract with Baker Academic. He is the Principal Investigator and Faculty Director of the newly established Faith and Sport Institute: Running the Race Well at Baylor University, which is funded by a grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. He is regularly interviewed on the subject matter of Christianity and sports in prominent news media and periodicals such as CBS, Sports Illustrated, Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
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Dr. Jenae Nelson interviews Dr. John White on the subject of sports and faith integration. They discuss varies topics, such as the balancing winning and maintaining morals, building character in sports, and the positive role of competition. Dr. White provides hope that sports can be effectively used to build character and sustain faith in the lives of youth athletes. Dr. John B. White is a native of the Midwest and in particular, he is a Hoosier. He raced in the legendary cycling race, "The Little 500" at Indiana University, on Team Cutters, which the film Breaking Away dramatizes. Playing sports has always been a "school" of sorts for John. The joys of play, challenges of competing well with others, and how to do and celebrate sports unto God are difficult to integrate but they demand serious reflection and practice. Because of such formative experiences, he sensed God's call to sports chaplaincy and ministry. His work included serving and ministering in churches, on various NCAA Division 1, 2 and 3 university campuses, at the Olympic Training Center and in Eastern and Western Europe. His PhD is from The University of Edinburgh where he studied moral theology with Michael Northcott and his dissertation was on Christianity and Sports- Sport and Christian ethics: Towards a theological ethic for sport. He also completed an M.Div. and an M.A. at T.E.D.S. where he completed his thesis with Kevin Vanhoozer. John’s publications have appeared in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Implicit Religion, Studies in Christian Ethics, Practical Theology, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Bible and Ethics, and he recently co-edited books with Routledge Press (2016), Cambridge Scholars and Mercer Press (2017). He also has a book under contract with Baker Academic. He is the Principal Investigator and Faculty Director of the newly established Faith and Sport Institute: Running the Race Well at Baylor University, which is funded by a grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. He is regularly interviewed on the subject matter of Christianity and sports in prominent news media and periodicals such as CBS, Sports Illustrated, Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
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