tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post114899905360102836..comments2023-08-11T10:04:41.498-05:00Comments on Sandalstraps' Sanctuary: Sacred SpaceSandalstrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1149095330472071912006-05-31T12:08:00.000-05:002006-05-31T12:08:00.000-05:00Thanks, Liam.If you liked the style of the writing...Thanks, Liam.<BR/><BR/>If you liked the style of the writing, you might want to check out John Edgar Wideman's <EM>Hoop Roots</EM> sometime. I know you don't have much time to read, but that is a book which mixes religion, philosophy, sociology, cultural anthropology and just about every other inflated academic discipline with wit and observations on basketball. I had Wideman in mind when I wroteSandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1149093989097373382006-05-31T11:46:00.000-05:002006-05-31T11:46:00.000-05:00That's a beautiful post, Chris -- it's very impres...That's a beautiful post, Chris -- it's very impressive how you can talk about sports using religious language in a way that is illuminating to both topics. <BR/><BR/>Filius imperatricis pulcherrima Africae occidentalis wants nothing to do with basketball or any other sport. That's no problem, though it would be fun to share my joy in it with him.Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265036866243982434noreply@blogger.com