Virtues and values in sports and religion

Douglas Todd is more of a preacher than a newspaper author. Focussing on "the Virtues and values in sports and religion" he subtitles: "One teaches marketplace values about how to win; the other can contribute to our capacity for compassion." and summarizes: "All powerful organizations -- athletic, educational, governmental, charitable, business and media -- are necessary for advancing the ideals of a civil society. Religious communities could well be the most influential of them all."

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