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001 on1314633028
003 OCoLC
005 20221230125640.0
008 220421s2022 ncuab b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2022015059
040 _aNcU/DLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dOCLCF
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_dLNT
_dNFG
015 _aGBC2D0751
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016 7 _a020689714
_2Uk
020 _a9781469670065
_qhardcover ;
_qalkaline paper
020 _a1469670062
_qhardcover ;
_qalkaline paper
035 _a(OCoLC)1314633028
042 _apcc
043 _an------
092 _a201.6796
_bB194
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aBalmer, Randall Herbert,
_eauthor.
_917721
245 1 0 _aPassion plays :
_bhow religion shaped sports in North America /
_cRandall Balmer.
264 1 _aChapel Hill :
_bThe University of North Carolina Press,
_c[2022]
300 _ax, 177 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
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.
520 _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.
650 0 _aSports
_xReligious aspects.
_9257068
650 0 _aTeam sports
_zNorth America
_xHistory.
650 0 _aTeam sports
_xSocial aspects
_zNorth America.
650 0 _aBaseball
_zNorth America.
650 0 _aFootball
_zNorth America.
650 0 _aHockey
_zNorth America.
650 0 _aBasketball
_zNorth America.
651 0 _aNorth America
_xReligion.
994 _aC0
_bNFG
999 _c359565
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