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Religion and leisure in America : a study in four dimensions.

Title
Religion and leisure in America : a study in four dimensions.
Author
Lee, Robert, 1929-2002.
Publication
New York, Abingdon Press [1964]

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Description
271 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Leisure
  • Leisure > United States
  • leisure
  • Leisure
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 265-267.
Contents
PART ONE -- Width:the scope of leisure in America -- The problem and meaning of leisure -- The new leisure society: facts and trends -- the play element in contemporary life -- PART TWO -- Depth: leisure in relation to play -- Leisure and the spirit of play -- Children at play -- Play and delinquency: the tragic use of leisure -- PART THREE -- Length: some historical roots of leisure -- From holy days to holidays -- The puritan influence -- The Sabbath tradition -- PART FOUR -- Time: a theological resource for leisure -- Perspectives on time -- Time as God's creation -- Time, life, and leisure -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
ISBN
  • 0687360013
  • 9780687360017
LCCN
64015758
OCLC
  • ocm00374529
  • 374529
  • SCSB-741472
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library