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Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century

Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century


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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. A wonderful addition to any academic course on religion, sports, ethics, or culture as a whole.

Table of Contents:

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



About the Author :

Brad Schultz is professor of journalism at the University of Mississippi.

Mary Lou Sheffer is associate professor in the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern Mississippi.



Review :
Here is one more book among a host of others on sport and religion. Comprising 12 essays, the volume commits itself to this relationship from 'both macro and micro perspectives.' The backgrounds of the contributors range from sports management to journalism and communication arts.... The book's major contribution is bibliographical—the references run to almost 30 pages. And the book rightly encourages far more interdisciplinary scholarship on the myriad possible topics related to sport and religion.... Summing Up: Recommended ... Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. The strength of the book is the range of topics covered, which means that everyone should find something of interest. Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century provides a thorough and nuanced examination of sport and civil religion. Another key strength is in the detailed analysis of the role of media in contemporary sports. . . .Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century would be a welcomed volume to its intended audience of academics interested in religion, sports, culture, and ethics. In recent years, the connection between sport and religion has gained great interest among scholars of religion and also, to some extent, within the field of sport studies. It is therefore somewhat surprising to find an anthology with the title Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century where a majority of the contributors are scholars of communication and media. In itself, this volume indicates how important the discussion on sport and religion has become in the United States…. Not unexpectedly, it is the media perspectives in the book that are the most intriguing. One such example is Jeffrey B. Kurtz’s discussion of how increased media attention to sport has changed the social position of athletes, and how the general public perceives athletes…. Thus, Sport and Religion…is for people with a general interest in sport, religion, and journalism. This edited compendium is a unique contribution as it examines both macro and micro elements related to the intersection of—and at times the symbiotic relationship between—sport and religion. Editors Schultz and Sheffer should be commended for the diversity of topics covered in their collection. At last, a thorough and nuanced examination of the inextricable link between sport and religion. Schultz and Sheffer have assembled a terrific list of authors and topics that collectively show that while sport and religion are not twins, they could be interpreted as siblings, closely woven within the fabric of modern culture.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781498530569
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books
  • Height: 227 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1498530567
  • Publisher Date: 19 May 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 421 gr


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