| Description |
xiv, 242 pages ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
Applying to the secular activity of baseball a form of inquiry usually reserved for the study of religion, Sexton explores common ground between the game and what we all recognize as religion: sacred places and time, faith and doubt, blessings and curses, and more. |
| Bibliography |
Includes filmography (page 226), bibliographical references (pages [223]-226) and index. |
| Contents |
The Knothole gang -- First inning : sacred space and sacred time -- Second inning : faith -- Third inning : doubt -- Fourth inning : conversion -- Fifth inning : miracles -- Sixth inning : blessings and curses -- Seventh inning : saints and sinners -- Seventh-inning stretch -- Eighth inning : community -- Ninth inning : nostalgia (and the myth of the eternal return) -- The clubhouse. |
| Subject |
Baseball -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
|
| Added Author |
Oliphant, Thomas.
|
|
Schwartz, Peter J.
|
| ISBN |
9781592407545 hardback |
|
1592407544 hardback |
|
