| Description |
ix, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Sport as religion. The Super Bowl as religious festival / Joseph L. Price -- From civil religion to folk religion : the case of American sport / James A. Mathisen -- The natural religion / Michael Novak -- "Heavenly Father, divine goalie" : sport and religion / Charles S. Prebish -- Sport is not a religion / Joan M. Chandler -- pt. 2. Sport as religious experience. Is running a religious experience? / Hal Higdon -- Playing / George A. Sheehan -- Muscular |
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Christianity, holy play, and spiritual exercises : confusion about Christ in sports and religion / Robert J. Higgs -- Big-time spectator sports : a feminist Christian perspective / Denise Lardner Carmody -- Evangelicalism and the revitalization of religious ritual in sport / Shirl J. Hoffman -- |
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pt. 3. Religion in sport. From ritual to record / Allen Guttmann -- Recovering a sense of the sacred in sport / Shirl J. Hoffman -- The spirit of winning : sports and the total man / Carol Flake -- Pray ball / Lori Rotenberk -- Are you blocking for me, Jesus? / James T. Baker -- Why athletes need ritual : a study of magic among professional athletes / Mari Womack -- Green cars, black cats and lady luck / Jack McCallum -- pt. 4. Sport, religion, and ethics. Sport : |
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mortality and ethics / Howard Slusher -- Sport, religion and human well-being / Brian W.W. Aiken -- Towards a Christian play ethic / Arthur F. Holmes -- Sports and the Christian life : reflections on Pope John Paul II's theology of sports / Michael P. Kerrigan -- Real men, short hair / Tony Simpson -- Death in the ring : a pastoral dilemma / Carmen Leone and Dorothy Leone -- Competition and God's law / Herbert W. Armstrong -- Nimrod, Nephilim, and the athletae Dei / |
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Shirl J. Hoffman. |
| Subject |
Sports -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Sports -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Added Author |
Hoffman, Shirl J., 1939-
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| ISBN |
0873223411 |
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