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Playing with God : religion and modern sport / William J. Baker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, William J. (William Joseph), 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Sports.
- Sports--Religious aspects.
- Christianity--United States.
- Christianity.
- United States--Religion.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 322 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Old Gods and games
- The road to Brawnville
- Praying and playing in the YMCA
- Sweetening the gospel with sport
- When Dixie took a different stand
- God and country games
- For God, the gipper, and the green
- Sunday games
- Playing on the fringe
- Making a pitch for Jesus
- Athletes for Allah
- Teammates and soul mates
- Gods and games today.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-311) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-26187-9
- 0-674-02044-8
- OCLC:
- 1013937791
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