001478208 000__ 03947nam\a22008295i\4500 001478208 001__ 1478208 001478208 003__ DE-B1597 001478208 005__ 20231026034851.0 001478208 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478208 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478208 008__ 230918t20072007mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478208 020__ $$a9780674020443 001478208 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674020443$$2doi 001478208 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)457543 001478208 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478208 0410_ $$aeng 001478208 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478208 050_4 $$aGV706.42 ǂb B35 2007eb 001478208 072_7 $$aSPO019000$$2bisacsh 001478208 08204 $$a201/.6796 001478208 1001_ $$aBaker, William J., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001478208 24510 $$aPlaying with God :$$bReligion and Modern Sport /$$cWilliam J. Baker. 001478208 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2007] 001478208 264_4 $$c©2007 001478208 300__ $$a1 online resource (336 p.) 001478208 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478208 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478208 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478208 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478208 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tCONTENTS -- $$tILLUSTRATIONS -- $$tINTRODUCTION -- $$t1. OLD GODS AND GAMES -- $$t2. THE ROAD TO BRAWNVILLE -- $$t3. PRAYING AND PLAYING IN THE YMCA -- $$t4. SWEETENING THE GOSPEL WITH SPORT -- $$t5. WHEN DIXIE TOOK A DIFFERENT STAND -- $$t6. GOD AND COUNTRY GAMES -- $$t7. FOR GOD, THE GIPPER, AND THE GREEN -- $$t8. SUNDAY GAMES -- $$t9. PLAYING ON THE FRINGE -- $$t10. MAKING A PITCH FOR JESUS -- $$t11. ATHLETES FOR ALLAH -- $$t12. TEAMMATES AND SOUL MATES -- $$t13. GODS AND GAMES TODAY -- $$tNOTES. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INDEX -- $$tNOTES -- $$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $$tINDEX 001478208 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478208 520__ $$aLike no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. This book traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemnation of games as sinful in the seventeenth century to the near deification of athletic contests in our own day. 001478208 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478208 546__ $$aIn English. 001478208 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023) 001478208 650_0 $$aChristianity$$zUnited States. 001478208 650_0 $$aSports$$xReligious aspects$$xChristianity. 001478208 650_0 $$aSports$$xReligious aspects. 001478208 650_4 $$aSPORTS & RECREATION / History$$2sh. 001478208 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001478208 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)$$z9783110756067 001478208 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHarvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$z9783110442205 001478208 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780674024212 001478208 852__ $$bebk 001478208 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674020443$$zOnline Access 001478208 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1478208$$pGLOBAL_SET 001478208 912__ $$a978-3-11-044220-5 Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001478208 912__ $$a978-3-11-075606-7 HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)$$b2013 001478208 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001478208 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001478208 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001478208 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001478208 912__ $$aEBA_ESTMALL 001478208 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001478208 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001478208 912__ $$aEBA_STMALL 001478208 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001478208 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001478208 912__ $$aPDA12STME 001478208 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001478208 912__ $$aPDA18STMEE 001478208 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001478208 980__ $$aBIB 001478208 980__ $$aEBOOK 001478208 982__ $$aEbook 001478208 983__ $$aOnline