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Informationen zum Autor Mary L. Sheffer is professor of media and entertainment arts at the University of Southern Mississippi. Natalia Mielczarek is associate professor in the School of Communication at Virginia Tech. Mary L. Sheffer is professor of media and entertainment arts at the University of Southern Mississippi. Klappentext This book examines the relationship between sport and religion with regard to twenty-first century topics such as race, fandom, education, and culture. The contributors provide new insights into the people, movements, and events that define the complex relationship between sport and religion around the world. Zusammenfassung This book examines the relationship between sport and religion with regard to twenty-first century topics such as race, fandom, education, and culture. The contributors provide new insights into the people, movements, and events that define the complex relationship between sport and religion around the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Who's Got Game?: America's New Religion Mary Lou Sheffer Chapter 2: From Sunday Sermon to Monday Night Football: The Rise of the Use of Prayer in North American Sports Alan Goldenbach Chapter 3: Elegy for the McPheean Moment: False Idols and the Tyrannical Faith of Celebrity-Sports Culture Jeffrey B. Kurtz Chapter 4: Biblical Tales in the Sports News: Narrative and the Redemption of Michael Vick Chris B. Geyerman Chapter 5: An Olympic Religion: Does the IOC Still Have Faith in the Olympic Games? Anthony J. Moretti Chapter 6: "Be Not Conformed": The Relationship Between Modern Sport and Religion Brad Schultz Chapter 7: A Useable Soccer Martyr: The Egyptian Ultras and their Fight for Legitimacy Natalia Mielczarek Chapter 8: Celebrating in a Cemetery: Sport, the Sacred, and a Search for Significance in Fan Communities Bruce J. Evensen Chapter 9: Southern Reconstructing: Sport and the Future of Religion in the American S ...

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• Assisted by: Brad Schultz (Editor), Schultz Brad (Editor), Mary L Sheffer (Editor), Mary L. Sheffer (Editor), Mary Lou Sheffer (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2016
• EAN: 9781498514415
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1441-5
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SPORTS & RECREATION / Sports Psychology, Sports psychology, Sociology: sport & leisure, Religious issues & debates, Sociology: sport and leisure, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, Religious issues and debates, Media Studies;Religion;Sports