For an example of the use of sport as a “secular religion”, read the book “Playing the Enemy” by John Carlin. It’s the story of the South Africa Springboks winning the Rugby World Cup in 1995 at a time when the nation was broken and rebuilding.
From a different cultural perspective, we were not familiar with Saints until we we exposed to Christianity. Do you believe or think we are included or heard by these Saints in our prayers?
