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From
the Back Cover --
They Also Serve...
Global Religion brings humor smack back into the center of sport. The
sport 'pie,' that goes back way beyond Homer, has many ingredients. Fun,
recreation, competition, exercise, teamwork, entertainment — all play
various roles in various games. Recently work, money and politics have
taken some sports by storm. In They Also Serve... Tennis — A Global
Religion, the 'good laugh and quiet smile' of Wild... takes a
step further. By bringing 'clerical' figures — Cardinals, Popes, Imans,
Rabbis and Abbesses — onto the tennis court their are both cohesive —
they bring people together as in the original Olympics for peaceful,
enjoyable, channeled competition. Winning no longer entails annihilating
the opponent but relishing the challenge, fostering prowess, dexterity
and achievement. Perhaps sportsmanship can trickle down into world
religion.
About the Author --
Ralph Wright was born in
England in 1938. He graduated from Ampleforth College, served in the
British army for two years and then became a monk at Ampleforth Abbey.
After studying Classics at Oxford and Theology at Fribourg, Switzerland
he was ordained in 1970 and invited by the abbot to join the community's
foundation in St. Louis, Missouri. Here, at St. Louis Priory School, he
has taught Latin, Greek, Creative Writing, Theology and Tennis. He has
had eight books of poetry published and about sixty hymns. In June 2010
a dream came true when he was visiting family in England and was invited
by a friend, Nigel Oxley, to spend a day at Wimbledon during the second
week of the tournament.
Ralph Wright, OSB
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