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Playing with God : Religion and Modern Sport / William J. Baker.

Baker, William J., author.
2007
GV706.42 ǂb B35 2007eb
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Title
Playing with God : Religion and Modern Sport / William J. Baker.
Author
Baker, William J., author.
ISBN
9780674020443
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020443
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2007]
Copyright
©2007
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (336 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674020443 doi
Call Number
GV706.42 ǂb B35 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
201/.6796
Summary
Like 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.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Frontmatter
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
1. OLD GODS AND GAMES
2. THE ROAD TO BRAWNVILLE
3. PRAYING AND PLAYING IN THE YMCA
4. SWEETENING THE GOSPEL WITH SPORT
5. WHEN DIXIE TOOK A DIFFERENT STAND
6. GOD AND COUNTRY GAMES
7. FOR GOD, THE GIPPER, AND THE GREEN
8. SUNDAY GAMES
9. PLAYING ON THE FRINGE
10. MAKING A PITCH FOR JESUS
11. ATHLETES FOR ALLAH
12. TEAMMATES AND SOUL MATES
13. GODS AND GAMES TODAY
NOTES. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INDEX
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX

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