Playing with God : : Religion and Modern Sport / / William J. Baker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Baker, William J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. OLD GODS AND GAMES --; 2. THE ROAD TO BRAWNVILLE --; 3. PRAYING AND PLAYING IN THE YMCA --; 4. SWEETENING THE GOSPEL WITH SPORT --; 5. WHEN DIXIE TOOK A DIFFERENT STAND --; 6. GOD AND COUNTRY GAMES --; 7. FOR GOD, THE GIPPER, AND THE GREEN --; 8. SUNDAY GAMES --; 9. PLAYING ON THE FRINGE --; 10. MAKING A PITCH FOR JESUS --; 11. ATHLETES FOR ALLAH --; 12. TEAMMATES AND SOUL MATES --; 13. GODS AND GAMES TODAY --; NOTES. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INDEX --; NOTES --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674020443; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674020443
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William J. Baker.

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.