02582nam 2200505 450 991037004400332120210916094246.03-030-24857-710.1007/978-3-030-24857-4(CKB)4100000009444845(DE-He213)978-3-030-24857-4(MiAaPQ)EBC5916666(Au-PeEL)EBL5916666(OCoLC)1122921674(EXLCZ)99410000000944484520210916d2020 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSkateboarding and religion /Paul O'Connor1st ed. 2020.Cham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2020]©20201 online resource (XV, 304 p. 17 illus., 14 illus. in color.)3-030-24856-9 1. Introduction. 2. Skateboarding, Religion, and Lifestyle Sports -- Part 1. Observation -- 3. Origin Myths -- 4. Skate Gods -- 5. Iconography -- Part 2. Performance -- 6. Video Journeys -- 7. Pilgrimage Spots -- 8. Ritualised Play -- Part 3. Organisation -- 9. A Vehicle for Faith -- 10. DIY Religion -- 11. Self-help -- 12. Conclusion.This book explores the ways in which religion is observed, performed, and organised in skateboard culture. Drawing on scholarship from the sociology of religion and the cultural politics of lifestyle sports, this work combines ethnographic research with media analysis to argue that the rituals of skateboarding provide participants with a rich cultural canvas for emotional and spiritual engagement. Paul O’Connor contends that religious identification in skateboarding is set to increase as participants pursue ways to both control and engage meaningfully with an activity that has become an increasingly mainstream and institutionalised sport. Religion is explored through the themes of myth, celebrity, iconography, pilgrimage, evangelism, cults, and self-help.SkateboardingReligious aspectsReligion and sociologySkateboardersReligious lifeElectronic books.SkateboardingReligious aspects.Religion and sociology.SkateboardersReligious life.306.6O'Connor Paul James1975-1057913MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910370044003321Skateboarding and religion2495456UNINA