Research Catalog

Title

Religion and sport in North America : critical essays for the Twenty-First century / Edited by Jeffrey Scholes and Randall Balmer.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

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Additional Authors

• Scholes, Jeffrey, 1971-
• Balmer, Randall Herbert

Description

ix, 286 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"From athletes praising God to pastors using sport metaphors in the pulpit - the association between sport and religion is often considered incidental. Yet religion and sport have been tightly intertwined for millennia and continue to inform, shape, and critique one another. Moreover, sport, rather than being a solely secular activity, is one of the most important sites for debates over gender, race, capitalism, the media, and civil religion. Traditionally, scholarly writings on religion and sport have focused on the question of whether sport is a religion, using historical, philosophical, theological, and sociological insights to argue this matter. While these efforts sought to answer an important question, contemporary issues related to sports were neglected, such as globalization, commercialization, feminism, masculinity, critical race theory and the ethics of doping. This volume contains lively, up-to-date essays from leading figures in the field to fill this scholarly gap. It treats religion as an indispensable prism through which to view sports, and vice versa. This book is ideal for students approaching the topic of religion and sport. It will also be of interest to scholars studying sociology of religion, sociology of sport, religion and race, religion and gender, religion and politics, and sport in general"--

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Sports > North America > Religious aspects > 21st century
• Religion and sociology > North America > 21st century
• Athletes > Religious life > North America > 21st century
• Athletes > Religious life
• Religion and sociology
• Sports > Religious aspects
• Sports
• Athletes
• North America

Genre/Form

• Essays.
• Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Randall Balmer, Jeffrey Scholes -- Part I: Evangelicalism and sport. "There Is Talk of Black Power": Christian athletes and the revolt of the Black athlete / Paul Emory Putz -- "The Greatest Christian Movie of All Time" : 300 and Spartan masculinity as cultural repertoire in Christian Mixed Martial Arts and beyond / Zachary T. Smith -- Forgiving freeze : Jerry Falwell Jr., Donald Trump, and the making of Liberty University football / Daniel A. Grano -- Part II: Sport as a religio-cultural vehicle. Structuring sports, structuring community : the Islamic society of Chester County debates a basketball court / Megan Eaton Robb, Max Dugan -- Desiring "Deep Community" : formations of soccer and Evangelical Christianity in the British Columbia Christian Soccer League / Nicholas William Howe Bukowski -- Sport, religion, and absence : the subfield of religion and sport as an explanatory tool for the moment / Terry Shoemaker -- Part III: Religion, sport, and the market. Foucault for Heisman : college football and the liturgies of power / Jason M. Smith -- "Be More Human" : CrossFit, Reebok, and sporting consumerism / Cody Musselman -- Fandom transfigured : fantasy football as neoliberal religion / Jeremy Sabella -- Part IV: Religion and sport through a racial frame. Ted Corbitt : the once-forgotten and now-remembered pioneer of American distance running / Arthur Remillard -- Savage symbols : Native American mascots in the USA / Annie Blazer -- Race, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, and religious realism / Lori Latrice Martin -- ¿Dios Bendiga whose América? : resisting the ritual theologizing of nation / Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández -- Postscript. White hauntings, Black hoops : the ghosts of Kyrie Irving / Onaje X.O. Woodbine.

Call Number

JFE 23-1846

ISBN

• 9780367857240
• 0367857243
• 9780367857257
• 0367857251
• 9781003014621 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2022009199
• 40031546556

OCLC

• 1333156872
• 1333156872

Title

Religion and sport in North America : critical essays for the Twenty-First century / Edited by Jeffrey Scholes and Randall Balmer.

Publisher

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Scholes, Jeffrey, 1971- editor.

Balmer, Randall Herbert, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Religion and sport in North America London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9781003014621 (DLC) 2022009200

Other Standard Identifier

40031546556

Research Call Number

JFE 23-1846