Faith of 50 Million

Baseball, Religion, and American Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

Av Evans, Christopher H. Evans, William R. Herzog II

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-03-01
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt509 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor274
FörlagWestminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
ISBN9780664223052

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Christopher H. Evans is Vice President for Academic Life, Dean of Faculty, Sallie Knowles Crozer Professor of Church History and Director of United Methodist Studies at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York. William R. Herzog II was formerly Sallie Knowles Crozer Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York. His books include Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed; Jesus, Justice, and the Reign of God: A Ministry of Liberation; and The Faith of Fifty Million: Baseball, Religion, and American Culture, all published by WJK.