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Sport and religion in the twenty-first century / edited by Brad Schultz and Mary Lou Sheffer.

Contributor(s): Schultz, Brad, 1961- | Sheffer, Mary Lou
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xi, 260 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781498514415 (cloth : alk. paper); 9781498530569 (paperback); 1498530567 (paperback); 1498514413 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Sports -- Religious aspects | Athletes -- Religious lifeDDC classification: 796.01 LOC classification: GV706.42 | .S6555 2016Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243) and index.
Contents:
Who's Got Game? America's New Religion / Mary Lou Sheffer -- From Sunday Sermon to Monday Night Football: The Rise of the Use of Prayer in North American Sports / Alan Goldenbach -- Elegy for the McPheean Moment: False Idols and the Tyrannical Faith of Celebrity-Sports Culture / Jeffrey B. Kurtz -- Biblical Tales in the Sports News: Narrative and the Redemption of Michael Vick / Chris B. Geyerman -- An Olympic Religion: Does the IOC Still Have Faith in the Olympic Games? / Anthony J. Moretti -- "Be Not Conformed": The Relationship Between Modern Sport and Religion / Brad Schultz -- A Useable Soccer Martyr: The Egyptian Ultras and their Fight for Legitimacy / Natalia Mielczarek -- Celebrating in a Cemetery: Sport, the Sacred, and a Search for Significance in Fan Communities / Bruce J. Evensen -- Southern Reconstructing: Sport and the Future of Religion in the American South / Eric Bain-Selbo and Terry Shoemaker -- Exercising the Spiritual Muscle: Holistic Care Service Provision in Intercollegiate Athletics / Landon T. Huffman, Robin Hardin, and Steven N. Waller -- Are Sports Programs at Small Church-Affiliated Colleges and Universities Really Different? / Patrick J. Sutherland -- "Our Hope is Built on Nothing Less": Why Religion-Spirituality Matters in the Lives of Black Male College Athletes / Steven N. Waller.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West GV706.42 .S6555 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903515779

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243) and index.

Who's Got Game? America's New Religion / Mary Lou Sheffer -- From Sunday Sermon to Monday Night Football: The Rise of the Use of Prayer in North American Sports / Alan Goldenbach -- Elegy for the McPheean Moment: False Idols and the Tyrannical Faith of Celebrity-Sports Culture / Jeffrey B. Kurtz -- Biblical Tales in the Sports News: Narrative and the Redemption of Michael Vick / Chris B. Geyerman -- An Olympic Religion: Does the IOC Still Have Faith in the Olympic Games? / Anthony J. Moretti -- "Be Not Conformed": The Relationship Between Modern Sport and Religion / Brad Schultz -- A Useable Soccer Martyr: The Egyptian Ultras and their Fight for Legitimacy / Natalia Mielczarek -- Celebrating in a Cemetery: Sport, the Sacred, and a Search for Significance in Fan Communities / Bruce J. Evensen -- Southern Reconstructing: Sport and the Future of Religion in the American South / Eric Bain-Selbo and Terry Shoemaker -- Exercising the Spiritual Muscle: Holistic Care Service Provision in Intercollegiate Athletics / Landon T. Huffman, Robin Hardin, and Steven N. Waller -- Are Sports Programs at Small Church-Affiliated Colleges and Universities Really Different? / Patrick J. Sutherland -- "Our Hope is Built on Nothing Less": Why Religion-Spirituality Matters in the Lives of Black Male College Athletes / Steven N. Waller.

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