Sport and religion in the twenty-first century

Sport and religion in the twenty-first century / edited by Brad Schultz and Mary Lou Sheffer.

This book examines the relationship between sport and religion with regard to twenty-first century topics such as race, fandom, education, and culture. The contributors provide new insights into the people, movements, and events that define the complex relationship between sport and religion around...

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Other Authors: Schultz, Brad, 1961-, Sheffer, Mary Lou
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Subjects:
Sports > Religious aspects.
Sports > Religious aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Who's Got Game?: America's New Religion; 2 From Sunday Sermon to Monday Night Football; 3 Elegy for the McPheean Moment; 4 Biblical Tales in the Sports News; 5 An Olympic Religion; 6 "Be Not Conformed"; 7 A Useable Soccer Martyr; 8 Celebrating in a Cemetery; 9 Southern Reconstructing; 10 Exercising the Spiritual Muscle; 11 Are Sports Programs at Small Church-Affiliated Colleges and Universities Really Different?; 12 "Our Hope Is Built on Nothing Less"; Bibliography; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

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