From season to season :  sports as American religion /  [print] 
edited by Joseph L. Price. 
 - first edition. 
 - Macon, Georgia :  Mercer University Press,  (c)2001. 
 - ix, 240 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>From sabbath proscriptions to super Sunday celebrations: sports and religion in America  God and games in modern culture  From season to season: the rhythmic and religious significance of American sports seasons  The pitcher's mound as cosmic mountain: the religious significance of baseball  The fetish and McGwire's balls  Every religion needs a martyr: the role of Matty, Gehrig, and Clemente in the national faith  Through the eyes of Mircea Eliade: United States football as a religious rite de passage  The super bowl as religious festival  American sport as folk religion: examining a test of its strength  Basketball's Abbot: Bob Knight and the drive for protection  The final four as final judgment: the religious and cultural significance of the North CarolinaAA basketball championship  A puckish reflection on religion in Canada  Myth and ritual in professional wrestling  An American apotheosis: sports as popular religion  Joseph L. Price --  Lonnie D. Kliever --  Joseph L. Price --  Joseph L. Price --  Paul C. Johnson --  Peter Williams --  Bonnie Miller-McLemore --  Joseph L. Price --  James A. Mathisen --  Lois Daly --  Joseph L. Price --  Tom Faulkner --  Charles S. Adams --  Joseph L. Price. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001267996 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports--Religious aspects.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV706.P945.F766 2001 GV706