In Europe, they say you can tell which city you are in by looking at the church spires.
Here in America, it is much the same;
visitors need only look to our stadiums - our cathedrals of sport -to orient themselves.
This is nowhere more true than in Chicago,
where these venerable structures stand not only as landmarks,
but as stone and steel testimonials to the power of sports.
Like those churches of Europe, each possesses its own recognizable characteristics.
And, like those churches, each is a place of worship.
NikeTown Chicago is dedicated to the same spirit of reverence that built those edifices,
and which moves us to gather together to watch full-grown adults at play.
Respond to the questions on the attached NikeTown Analysis Sheet (typed, please) based upon:
1. your understanding of Paul Tillich's theory of religion as "ultimate concern"
2. the NikeTown attachment
While in the Nike store in downtown Chicago, I ran across a marble sign set in the wall of the store near its entrance. The attached document is the message that was carved in that marble stone. It seems worthy of our analysis following our study of Tillich's theory of religion.
1. What "religion" (ultimate concern) does this monument address?
2. What words or phrases or symbols are used that would have religious resonance?