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Playing with God : religion and modern sport /
Like no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. This book traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemnation of games as sinful in the seventeenth century to the near deification of athletic contests in our own day.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Like no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. This book traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemnation of games as sinful in the seventeenth century to the near deification of athletic contests in our own day. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-311) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674020443 0674020448 |