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Baker William J (William Joseph), <1938-> |
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Titolo |
Playing with God [[electronic resource] ] : religion and modern sport / / William J. Baker |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-674-26187-9 |
0-674-02044-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sports - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Sports - Religious aspects |
Christianity - United States |
United States Religion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-311) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Old Gods and games -- The road to Brawnville -- Praying and playing in the YMCA -- Sweetening the gospel with sport -- When Dixie took a different stand -- God and country games -- For God, the gipper, and the green -- Sunday games -- Playing on the fringe -- Making a pitch for Jesus -- Athletes for Allah -- Teammates and soul mates -- Gods and games today. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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