| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 204 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
With God on their side: an introduction / Tara Magdalinski, Timothy J.L. Chandler -- Catholics and sport in Northern Ireland: exclusiveness or inclusiveness? / Mike Cronin -- Stadium politics: sport, Islam and Amazigh consciousness in France and North Africa / Paul A. Silverstein -- 'We are red, white and blue, we are Catholic, why aren't you?: religion and soccer subculture symbolism / John Hughson -- Women, sport and American Jewish identity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / Linda J. Borish -- Manly Catholicism: making men in Catholic public schools, 1945-80 / Timothy J.L. Chandler -- Religion, race and rugby in 'coloured' Cape Town / John Nauright, Tara Magdalinski -- Appeasing the Gods: Shinto, sumo and 'true' Japanese spirit / Richard Light, Louise Kinnaird -- What makes a man?: religion, sport and negotiating masculine identity in the Promise Keepers / George D. Randels Jr., Becky Beal -- Muhammad Speaks and Muhammad Ali: intersections of the Nation of Islam and sport in the 1960s / Maureen Smith -- Epilogue / Tara Magdalinski, Timothy J.L. Chandler. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
'Sport' and 'religion' are cultural institutions with a global reach. Each is characterised by ritualised performance and by the ecstatic devotion of its followers, whether in the sports arena or the cathedral of worship. This fascinating collection is the first to examine, in detail, the relationship between these two cultural institutions from an international, religiously pluralistic perspective. It illuminates the role of sport and religion in the social formation of collective groups, and explores how sport might operate in the service of a religious community. The book offers a series of. |
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Sports -- Religious aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Sports Psychology.
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Sports -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01130508
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Sports -- Religious aspects.
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Sports -- Social aspects.
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Sports & Recreation -- General.
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Sports & Recreation -- Sociology Of Sports.
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Magdalinski, Tara.
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Chandler, Timothy John Lindsay.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: With God on their side. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 0415259606 0415259614 (DLC) 2002068303 (OCoLC)50333892 |
| ISBN |
0203995341 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203995341 (electronic bk.) |
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0415259606 (alk. paper) |
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0415259614 (paperback; alk. paper) |
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