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005 | 20221230125640.0 | ||
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_a9781469670065 _qhardcover ; _qalkaline paper |
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_a1469670062 _qhardcover ; _qalkaline paper |
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_aBalmer, Randall Herbert, _eauthor. _917721 |
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_aPassion plays : _bhow religion shaped sports in North America / _cRandall Balmer. |
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_aChapel Hill : _bThe University of North Carolina Press, _c[2022] |
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_ax, 177 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm |
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_atext _btxt _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier |
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500 | _a"A Ferris and Ferris book." | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aIntroduction: 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 -- Conclusion: Shut up and dribble: from the sanctuary to the stadium. | |
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_a"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 of worship once railed against Sabbath-busting sports events, but today most willingly accommodate Super Bowl Sunday. On the other hand, basketball's inventor, James Naismith, was an ardent follower of Muscular Christianity and believed the game would help develop religious character. But today those religious roots are largely forgotten. Here one of our most insightful writers on American religion trains his focus on that other great passion - team sports - to reveal their surprising connections"-- _cProvided by publisher. |
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_aSports _xReligious aspects. _9257068 |
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_aTeam sports _zNorth America _xHistory. |
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_aTeam sports _xSocial aspects _zNorth America. |
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_aBaseball _zNorth America. |
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_aFootball _zNorth America. |
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_aHockey _zNorth America. |
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_aBasketball _zNorth America. |
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_aNorth America _xReligion. |
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