God In The Stadium : Sports and Religion in America /

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From the worship of Michael Jordan to the downfall of O.J. Simpson, it has become clear that sports and sports heroes have assumed a role in American society far out of proportion to their traditional value. In this powerful critique of present-day American popular culture, Robert J. Higgs examines...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higgs, Robert J., 1932-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sports > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sports.
Manners and customs.
College sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sports Psychology.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Sports > États-Unis.
College sports > United States.
Sports > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Moeurs et coutumes.
United States > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. From Sabbath Bans to Super Sunday; 2. The Old Knight in the New World; 3. Revolutionary Heroes and Fighting Parsons; 4. The Acrobatic Christianity of the Early Frontier; 5. The Soul of American Knighthood; 6. The Consecration of College Sports; 7. Manliness Moves West; 8. Playful Alternatives; 9. Sportianity versus Mountainity; 10. Builders of Character and the YMCA; 11. Cloning West Point on the American Campus; 12. Symbols of the Union of Caesar and Christ; 13. Power in the Sweat; 14. Field Generals of the Crusade.
  • 15. Power in the Tube16. The Knight and the Shepherd; Works Cited; Index.

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