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Dribbling for dawah : sports among Muslim Americans / Steven Fink.
Van Pelt Library GV706.42 .F56 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fink, Steven, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Sports and religion
- Mercer University Press Sports and Religion Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Sports.
- Muslims--Sports--United States.
- Muslims.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 278 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- This is the first book to investigate Muslim American sports at the local level, looking at Muslim basketball leagues, sports programs at mosques and Islamic schools, and sports events hosted by Muslim organizations.
- Contents:
- 1 Athletic Bonding in American Religious History 12
- 2 Athletic Bridging in American Religious History 32
- 3 Catalysts of Muslim American Athletic Bonding and Bridging 60
- 4 Sports and Islamic Principles 82
- 5 Challenges to Muslim American Athletic Activity 106
- 6 Professional Muslim Athletes 126
- 7 Muslim Basketball Leagues 156
- 8 Revivalist Organization Athletic Activities 177
- 9 Mosque Athletic Activities 199
- 10 Islamic School Athletic Activities 224.
- Notes:
- Series statement from Acknowledgments.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780881465921
- 0881465925
- OCLC:
- 952207209
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