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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Balmer, Randall Herbert, author.     Subjects     Sports -- Religious aspects.     Team sports -- North America -- History.     Team sports -- Social aspects -- North America.     Baseball -- North America.     Football -- North America.     Hockey -- North America.     Basketball -- North America.     North America -- Religion.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Balmer, Randall Herbert, author.       by title:      Passion plays : how ...         MARC Display

Passion plays : how religion shaped sports in North America / Randall Balmer. by Balmer, Randall Herbert, author. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022] Subjects Sports -- Religious aspects.   Team sports -- North America -- History.   Team sports -- Social aspects -- North America.   Baseball -- North America.   Football -- North America.   Hockey -- North America.   Basketball -- North America.   North America -- Religion. ISBN:  9781469670065 (hardcover) 1469670062 (hardcover) Description:  x, 177 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "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"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 201.6796 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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