With God On Their Side

'Sport' and 'religion' are cultural institutions with a global reach. Each is characterised by ritualised performance and by the ecstatic devotion of its followers, whether in the sports arena or the cathedral of worship. This fascinating collection is the first to examine, in de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chandler, Timothy
Otros Autores: Magdalinski, Tara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Indeterminado
Publicado: [S.l.] : Routledge.
Temas:
Sports > Religious aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Sports > Aspect religieux > Études transculturelles.
Sports > Religious aspects.
Cross-cultural studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • With God on their Side Sport in the service of religion
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 With God on their side: an introduction
  • 2 Catholics and sport in Northern Ireland: exclusiveness or inclusiveness?
  • 3 Stadium politics: sport, Islam and Amazigh consciousness in France and North Africa
  • 4 'We are red, white and blue, we are Catholic, why aren't you?': religion and soccer subculture symbolism
  • 5 Women, sport and American Jewish identity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
  • 6 Manly Catholicism: making men in Catholic public schools, 1945-80
  • 7 Religion, race and rugby in 'Coloured' Cape Town
  • 8 Appeasing the Gods: Shinto, sumo and 'true' Japanese spirit
  • 9 What makes a man?: religion, sport and negotiating masculine identity in the Promise Keepers
  • 10 Muhammad Speaks and Muhammad Ali: intersections of the Nation of Islam and sport in the 1960s
  • 11 Epilogue
  • Index.

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