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Author:

Forney, Craig A.

Title:

The holy trinity of American sports : civil religion in football, baseball, and basketball / Craig A. Forney.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Mercer University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

224 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sports--Social aspects--United States.
Football--Social aspects--United States.
Baseball--Social aspects--United States.
Basketball--Social aspects--United States.
Sports--United States--Religious aspects.
Civil religion--United States.
National characteristics, American.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Index. 10. sports of American civil religion -- 2. Holy rites of football, baseball, and basketball -- 3. Football : American myth of history -- 4. Baseball : sacred story of American aspirations -- 5. Basketball : American story of irreversible progress -- 6. Doctrines of the sports trinity -- 7. The ethical dimension of football, baseball, and basketball -- 8. Social tenets of the sports trinity -- 9. The experience of football, baseball, and basketball -- 10. Revelations of the sports trinity -- Bibliography -- Index.

Series:

Sports and religion

ISBN:

9780881460544 (hardback : alk. paper)
0881460540 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007012035

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)