The Holy Trinity of American Sports: Civil Religion in Football, Baseball, and Basketball
(Part of the Sports and Religion Series)
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The Holy Trinity of American Sports explores how football, baseball, and basketball interact to illustrate civil religion in the United States. Year after year, they generate ritual actions of daily, weekly, yearly, and once-in-a-lifetime significance. Football, baseball, and basketball portray three core stories of the nation worldview. Through stories of life, the three games convey doctrines about the source of truth, where to find knowledge of truths, and how to solve problems. Beyond doctrinal convictions, they disclose ethical beliefs of the nation for the worst, best, and most common situations. Collectively, the sports trinity communicates commitments to certain social arrangements, offering directives for interaction with people outside and inside the country. Football, baseball, and basketball possess great importance in the United States because they provide comprehensive and detailed illustration of American beliefs.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0881460540
ISBN13:9780881460544
Release Date:January 2010
Publisher:Mercer University Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"
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