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How Football Shaped Christian Colleges

How Football Shaped Christian Colleges

Friday, January 30, 2026
This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Hunter M. Hampton, The Gridiron Gospel: Faith and College Football in Twentieth- Century America (University of Illinois Press, 2025) In Gridiron Gospel, historian Hunter M. Hampton explores how Christian colleges and universities—his case studies are Notre Dame, Brigham Young, Wheaton, Wiley, Baylor, and Liberty—used football to Read more... The post How Football Shaped Christian Colleges appeared first on Christianity Today.