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Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century

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 2015

Summary

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 the world. A wonderful addition to any academic course on religion, sports, ethics, or culture as a whole.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-1441-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-1442-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
260
Product type
Edited Book

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
    3. Introduction No access
  1. 1 Who’s Got Game?: America’s New Religion No access Pages 1 - 14
  2. 2 From Sunday Sermon to Monday Night Football No access Pages 15 - 30
  3. 3 Elegy for the McPheean Moment No access Pages 31 - 46
  4. 4 Biblical Tales in the Sports News No access Pages 47 - 66
  5. 5 An Olympic Religion No access Pages 67 - 84
  6. 6 “Be Not Conformed” No access Pages 85 - 94
  7. 7 A Useable Soccer Martyr No access Pages 95 - 110
  8. 8 Celebrating in a Cemetery No access Pages 111 - 132
  9. 9 Southern Reconstructing No access Pages 133 - 152
  10. 10 Exercising the Spiritual Muscle No access Pages 153 - 174
  11. 11 Are Sports Programs at Small Church-Affiliated Colleges and Universities Really Different? No access Pages 175 - 192
  12. 12 “Our Hope Is Built on Nothing Less” No access Pages 193 - 216
  13. Bibliography No access Pages 217 - 244
  14. Index No access Pages 245 - 256
  15. About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 257 - 260

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