Playing with God : religion and modern sport /

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Author / Creator:	Baker, William J. (William Joseph), 1938-
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Sports -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Sports -- Religious aspects. Christianity -- United States. Christianity. Religion. Sports -- Religious aspects. Sports -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. United States -- Religion. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11197743

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ISBN:	9780674020443 0674020448 0674024214 9780674024212
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-311) and index. In English. Print version record.
Summary:	Like no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. This book traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemnation of games as sinful in the seventeenth century to the near deification of athletic contests in our own day.
Other form:	Print version: Baker, William J. (William Joseph), 1938- Playing with God. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007 0674024214 9780674024212
Standard no.:	10.4159/9780674020443

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