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‘Loyal to the oil’ – how religion and striking it rich shape Canada’s hockey fandom

By Cody Musselman, Preceptor, College Writing Program, Harvard University
Judith Ellen Brunton, Assistant Professor of Religion, Rice University

The Edmonton Oilers are once again vying for hockey’s biggest prize. In some ways, religion scholars argue, the team’s fandom represents devotion to a way of life − and the oil industry.

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