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Author Higgs, Robert J., 1932-2015

Title God in the stadium : sports and religion in America / Robert J. Higgs.

Publication Info. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1995]
©1995

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  796.01 H637G    Check Shelf
Description xv, 383 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-358) and index.
Contents From Sabbath bans to Super Sunday -- The old knight in the new world -- Revolutionary heroes and fighting parsons -- The acrobatic Christianity of the early frontier -- The soul of American knighthood -- The consecration of college Sports -- Manliness moves west -- Playful alternatives -- Sportianity versus mountainity -- Builders of character and the YMCA -- Cloning West Point on the American campus -- Symbols of the union of Caesar and Christ -- Power in the sweat -- Field generals of the crusade -- Power in the tube -- The knight and the shepherd.
Subject Sports -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Sports -- United States.
College sports -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
College sports -- United States.
United States -- Social life and customs.
Other Form: Online version: Higgs, Robert J., 1932- God in the stadium. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c1995 (OCoLC)604314790
ISBN 0813119235 (alkaline paper)
9780813119236 (alkaline paper)
0813108535 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780813108537 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0183108535
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