Passion plays [electronic resource] : 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 : 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.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2022 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2022 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Passion Plays: How Religion Shaped Sports in North America
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

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
Shut up and dribble: from the sanctuary to the stadium.