TY  - BOOK
AU  - Price,Joseph L.
TI  - From season to season: sports as American religion 
AV  - GV706.P945.F766 2001 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Macon, Georgia
PB  - Mercer University Press
KW  - Sports
KW  - United States
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - 2; From sabbath proscriptions to super Sunday celebrations: sports and religion in America; Joseph L. Price --; God and games in modern culture; Lonnie D. Kliever --; From season to season: the rhythmic and religious significance of American sports seasons; Joseph L. Price --; The pitcher's mound as cosmic mountain: the religious significance of baseball; Joseph L. Price --; The fetish and McGwire's balls; Paul C. Johnson --; Every religion needs a martyr: the role of Matty, Gehrig, and Clemente in the national faith; Peter Williams --; Through the eyes of Mircea Eliade: United States football as a religious rite de passage; Bonnie Miller-McLemore --; The super bowl as religious festival; Joseph L. Price --; American sport as folk religion: examining a test of its strength; James A. Mathisen --; Basketball's Abbot: Bob Knight and the drive for protection; Lois Daly --; The final four as final judgment: the religious and cultural significance of the North CarolinaAA basketball championship; Joseph L. Price --; A puckish reflection on religion in Canada; Tom Faulkner --; Myth and ritual in professional wrestling; Charles S. Adams --; An American apotheosis: sports as popular religion; Joseph L. Price; 2
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