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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 paperback ed.
Publisher:
Mercer University Press,
Copyright Date:
©2010
Description:
224 pages ; 23 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.
Sports--Aspect social--États-Unis.
Base-ball--Aspect social--États-Unis.
Basket-ball--Aspect social--États-Unis.
Sports--États-Unis--Aspect religieux.
Religion civile--États-Unis.
Baseball--Social aspects.
Basketball--Social aspects.
Civil religion.
Football--Social aspects.
National characteristics, American.
Sports--Religious aspects.
Sports--Social aspects.
United States.
Sport
Gesellschaft
Zivilreligion
USA
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The sports of American civil religion -- Holy rites of football, baseball, and basketball -- Football : American myth of history -- Baseball : sacred story of American aspirations -- Basketball : American story of irreversible progress -- Doctrines of the sports trinity -- The ethical dimension of football, baseball, and basketball -- Social tenets of the sports trinity -- The experience of football, baseball, and basketball -- Revelations of the sports trinity.
Series:
Sports and religion
ISBN:
9780881461732
0881461733
OCLC:
(OCoLC)503243842
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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