Passion plays : how religion shaped sports in North America / Randall Balmer.

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"Randall Balmer was a late convert to sports talk radio, but he quickly became addicted, just like millions of other devoted American sports fans. As a historian of religion, the more he listened, Balmer couldn't help but wonder how the fervor he heard related to religious practice. Houses of worshi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balmer, Randall Herbert (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Sports > Religious aspects.
Team sports > North America > History.
Team sports > Social aspects > North America.
Baseball > North America.
Football > North America.
Hockey > North America.
Basketball > North America.
North America > Religion.
Baseball.
Basketball.
Football.
Hockey.
Religion.
Team sports.
North America.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:x, 177 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: To everything a season: the peculiar passion surrounding team sports
  • It breaks your heart: the Industrial Revolution and the origins of baseball
  • A great moral force: the Civil War and the origins of football
  • Soul of a nation: the Canadian Confederation and the origins of hockey
  • A labyrinth of wanderings: urbanization and the origins of basketball
  • Conclusion: Shut up and dribble: from the sanctuary to the stadium.