Several years ago, I asked the Lord to give me something that would help women, and the Lord gave me a message on Phebe. God reallystirred my heart up about it. Every time I read past Romans 16:1, this woman's name and life seemed to just leap from the pages and challengeme. I began to think about her life, and I realized she was an unusual woman. God really started stirring my heart about developing somethingthat would strengthen women by taking this woman and high...

Commodified and Criminalized examines the centrality of sport to discussions of racial ideologies and racist practices in the 21st century. It disputes familiar refrains of racial progress, arguing that athletes sit in a contradictory position masked by the logics of new racism and dominant white racial frames. Contributors discuss athletes ranging from Tiger Woods and Serena Williams to Freddy Adu and Shani Davis.Through dynamic case studies, Commodified and Criminali...