Professor Andrew Parker, Director of the University's Centre for Sport, Spirituality and Religion (CSSR), was invited to speak at the annual conference of The Association of Church Sports and Recreation Ministries (CSRM) in Atlanta, 13th-16th April. CSRM is the largest organisation of its kind in the US with over 600 members. Professor Parker was part of an academic symposium considering the 'theology of sporting competition'. His stay in Atlanta was followed by a short teaching visit to Malone University, Canton, Ohio.