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200 10$aPlaying with God$b[electronic resource] $ereligion and modern sport /$fWilliam J. Baker
210   $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2007
215   $a322 p. $cill
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a0-674-02421-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-311) and index.
327   $aOld 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.
330   $aLike 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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606   $aSports$xReligious aspects
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