Onward Christian athletes : turning ballparks into pulpits and players into preachers /

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Author / Creator:	Krattenmaker, Thomas G., 1943-
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
Description:	vi, 221 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Sports -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Christian athletes -- United States. Christianity and culture -- United States. Christian athletes. Christianity and culture. Sports -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7997585

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ISBN:	9780742562479 (cloth : alk. paper) 0742562476 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442201293 (electronic) 1442201290 (electronic) 9781442201293 (electronic)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	In Onward Christian Athletes, religion expert and commentator Tom Krattenmaker takes us behind the scenes of the conservative Christian movement to evangelize in the club house and enlist pro athletes to promote a specific brand of Christianity outside the mainstream of a religiously and politically diverse America. --from publisher description

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1. On Any Justice Sunday: Evangelicals, Pro Sports, and the (Conservative) Campaign for Jesus
Chapter 2. A Cross on the Logo: Representing for God in the High-Profile World of Major League Sports
Chapter 3. Faith Coach: Discipling Athletes for a Roster Spot on God's Team
Chapter 4. Winning for Jesus (But Finding Him in the Loss Column): The Tricky Relationship between Evangelism and Sports Success
Chapter 5. Church at the Ballpark: Baseball Chapel and Its Exclusive Theology in an Age of Growing Religious Diversity
Chapter 6. From Coors Field to Eternity: Faith Days in Major League Baseball
Chapter 7. For God, Country, and the Republican Party: The Conservative Politics of Jesus' Pro Sports Warriors
Chapter 8. Domesticated Christianity: The Political Acquiescence of African American Christians in Sports
Chapter 9. A Match Made in Heaven-or Hell: The Dissonance between the Values of Jesus and the Values of Big-Time Sports
Chapter 10. The Salvation of Sports: "Getting it Right" in an Emerging New Era of Faith in Sports
Index
About the Author

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