God in the stadium
sports and religion in America
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Author
Publication
1995 - University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky, Kentucky
Language
English
Word Count
95,750 words, Guess
Page Count
383 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1277311M
- ISBN-100813119235
- OCLC Control Number32429131
- OCLC Control Numbergodinstadiumspor0000higg
- Library of Congress Control Number95008999
and 2 more
- Goodreads3851403
- LibraryThing1098709
Classifications
- DDC796/.01
- LCCGV706.42 .H54 1995
Description
From the worship of Michael Jordan to the downfall of O.J. Simpson, it has become clear that sports and sports heroes have assumed a role in American society far out of proportion to their traditional value. In this powerful critique of present-day American popular culture, Robert J. Higgs examines the complex and increasingly pervasive control that sports wield in shaping the national self-image. He provides a thoughtful history and analysis of the ways sports and religion have become intertwined and offers a stringent indictment of the sports-religion-media-education complex.
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- God in the stadium: sports and religion in America
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