God in the Stadium: Sports and Religion in America

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University Press of Kentucky, 1995 - 383 pages
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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From Sabbath Bans to Super Sunday
1
The Old Knight in the New World
22
Revolutionary Heroes and Fighting Parsons
36
Copyright

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