With God on their Side - Sport in the Service of Religion

List of contents

1.With God on their Side: An Introduction 2. Catholics and Sport in Northern Ireland: Exclusiveness or Inclusiveness? 3. Stadium Politics: Sport, Islam and Amazigh Consciousness in France and North Africa 4. 'We Are Red, White and Blue, We Are Catholic, Why Aren't You?' Religion and Soccer Subculture Symbolism 5. Women, Sport and American Jewish Identity in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 6. Manly Catholicism: Making Men in Catholic Public Schools, 1945-1980 7. Religion, Race and Rugby in 'Coloured' Cape Town 8. Appeasing the Gods: Shinto, Sumo and 'True' Japanese Spirit 9. What Makes a Man? Religion, Sport and Negotiating Masculine Identity in the Promise Keepers 10. Muhammad Speaks and Muhammad Ali: Intersections of the Nation of Islam and Sport in the 1960's 11. Epilogue

About the author

Chandler, Timothy; Magdalinski, Tara

Summary

The book offers a series of cutting-edge contemporary historical case-studies, broad ranging in their geographical coverage and in their social and religious contexts.

Product details

• Assisted by: Timothy Chandler (Editor), Chandler Timothy (Editor), Tara Magdalinski (Editor), Magdalinski Tara (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2002
• EAN: 9780415259613
• ISBN: 978-0-415-25961-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 410 g
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sociology: sport and leisure, Sports and Active outdoor recreation, Social groups: religious groups and communities