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The Faith of 50 Million : Baseball, Religion, and American Culture, Paperback / softback Book

The Faith of 50 Million : Baseball, Religion, and American Culture Paperback / softback

Edited by Christopher H. Evans, William R. Herzog II

Paperback / softback

Description

The Faith of 50 Million features essays by religion scholars who analyze the relationship between baseball and theology in American culture.

Topics include the sense of national identity, baseball and civil religion, "saints and sinners," baseball and the American Dream with regard to racial integration, women and baseball, baseball as metaphor, and baseball as spiritual autobiography.

Readers will love this fascinating intersection of baseball, race, American civil religion, and contemporary sports culture.

Information

  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:274 pages
  • Publisher:Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
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  • ISBN:9780664223052
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  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:274 pages
  • Publisher:Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
  • Publication Date:
  • Category:
  • ISBN:9780664223052