Notre Dame is #1: And Other Spiritual Truths

Did God make Notre Dame #1? That bold claim rankled at Michigan, where the author taught for eleven years and annoyed those at Northwestern, where he received his PhD and JD and at Indiana, where he now teaches. Given the author's non-Catholic upbringing, he himself cast a curious eye on the claim when getting his two degrees from Notre Dame, though the Irish's success in the 1970s certainly tempted repeating the assertion. In this book, he argues that the claim is true, though perhaps not exactly in the way a passionate Irish fan might typically use it. In Notre Dame is #1, the author not only reflects on Notre Dame's greatness, but he argues that being deeply engaged in watching sports can provide insights for spiritual and ethical development. It's that insight that can make every team #1, whether in sports, music, business or anywhere else. Professor Fort argues that Notre Dame's awareness that the Divine makes it #1 offers a novel way for fans from any school - even Michigan and USC - both to claim their special aura and to learn how to be more spiritually and ethically aware with respect to sports and to life.

Author: Timothy L. Fort
Publisher: Timothy L. Fort
Published: 08/04/2017
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780998992617

About the Author
Timothy Fort holds the Eveleigh Professorship in Business Ethics at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. A graduate of Notre Dame ('80, '84) and Northwestern ('83, '95) he has taught at the Universities of Michigan and Indiana; George Washington and Loyola Universities, and Monmouth College. In over three decades, he has published 14 books, two of which have won Best Book Awards, publishing with the University Presses of Stanford, Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge. He has won 12 research awards, and four teaching awards. He has also co-led a government task force, co-taught with then Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, co-authored with Countess Alexandra of Fredriksborg (Denmark), and taught over one hundred current and former players from the NFL. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana with his wife, three children, and three dogs.

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