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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsA Taste of Athens ix
Part I Do the Right-est Thing 1
1 On the Pitch with Saint Augustine 3
Sean Strehlow
2 Isaac Finds His Flow 13
Elizabeth Schiltz
3 Ted Talk, Precursive Faith, and the Ethics of Belief 24
David Baggett
4 Is Ted an Egoist? 35
Robert Begley and Carrie-Ann Biondi
Part II The Best Versions of Ourselves 45
5 Fear's a Lot Like Underwear 47
Corey Latta
6 Lassoing Aristotle 56
Joseph Forte
7 Ted Lasso's Personal Dilemma Squad 66
R. Keith Loftin
8 The Affable Gaffer 76
Andy Wible
Part III Man City 85
9 Poop in the Punchbowl 87
Caleb McGee Husmann and Elizabeth Kusko
10 Doing Masculinity Better 96
Marcus Arvan
11 Inverting the Gender Pyramid 105
Willie Young
12 Who Is Right, Ted or Beard? 116
Michael W. Austin
Part IV Mostly Football Is Life 125
13 Amplifying Emotion and Warmth at Richmond 127
Lance Belluomini
14 Is This Indeed All a Simulation? 140
Andrew Zimmerman Jones
15 Kansas City Candide Meets Compassionate Camus 150
Kimberly Blessing
16 Ted's Chestertonian Optimism 162
Austin M. Freeman
Part V Smells Like Potential 171
17 What To Do with Tough Cookies 173
David Baggett and Marybeth Baggett
18 Stoic Bossgirl 182
Elizabeth Quinn
19 Why a Headbutt Might Have Hurt Nate Less 192
Georgina Mills
20 Is Rupert Beyond Redemption? 201
Marybeth Baggett
Beard's Bookshelf 212
Marybeth Baggett
Starting Lineup 217
Index 222
