Passion plays : how religion shaped sports in North America /

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"Randall Balmer was a late convert to sports talk radio, but he quickly became addicted, just like millions of other devoted American sports fans. As a historian of religion, the more he listened, Balmer couldn't help but wonder how the fervor he heard related to religious practice. Houses...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Balmer, Randall Herbert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sports > Religious aspects.
Team sports > North America > History.
Team sports > Social aspects > North America.
Baseball > North America.
Football > North America.
Hockey > North America.
Basketball > North America.
RELIGION / General
Baseball.
Basketball.
Football.
Hockey.
Religion.
Team sports.
North America > Religion.
North America.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • To everything a season: the peculiar passion surrounding team sports
  • It breaks your heart: the Industrial Revolution and the origins of baseball
  • A great moral force: the Civil War and the origins of football
  • Soul of a nation: the Canadian Confederation and the origins of hockey
  • A labyrinth of wanderings: urbanization and the origins of basketball
  • Shut up and dribble: from the sanctuary to the stadium.

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