{"id":36,"date":"2023-08-17T23:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=36"},"modified":"2023-12-14T18:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T23:33:40","slug":"36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2023\/08\/17\/36\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs up: Patrick Kelly, S.J."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2023\/08\/17\/36\/playsportbook\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-292\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-292 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/08\/playsportbook.jpg?resize=210%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Play, Sport and Spirit book cover by Patrick Kelly SJ\" width=\"210\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/08\/playsportbook.jpg?w=689&amp;ssl=1 689w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/08\/playsportbook.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2023\/08\/playsportbook.jpg?resize=235%2C350&amp;ssl=1 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Associate Professor of Religious Studies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/people\/university\/clae\/religious-studies\/faculty\/patrick-kelly.php\">Patrick Kelly, S.J.<\/a>\u2018s new book,<em> Play, Sport and Spirit<\/em>, is gaining national attention.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly\u2019s book, which focuses on the human, cultural and spiritual significance of sport itself, is needed now more than ever, given conference realignments and other changes in the landscape of college sports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicmessenger.net\/2023\/07\/a-jesuit-priest-reflects-on-the-value-and-spirituality-of-sports\/\"><strong>Read a recent review from <em>The Catholic Messenger<\/em>.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor of Religious Studies Patrick Kelly, S.J.\u2018s new book, Play, Sport and Spirit, is gaining national attention. Kelly\u2019s book, which focuses on the human, cultural and spiritual significance of sport itself, is needed now more than ever, given conference realignments and other changes in the landscape of college sports. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[16,9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}