书目名称 | The Prophetic Dimension of Sport |
编辑 | Terry Shoemaker |
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概述 | The first-ever book to analyze the category of sport as a prophetic space in the United States.Brings together leading scholars in the fields of Religion and Sport to examine a meaningful aspect of sp |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies |
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描述 | .Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of Religion and Sport, this book examines the prophetic dimension of sport, to arrive at a better understanding of the nature of sports in the United States. By detailing and analyzing particular sports, a portrait of sport as an important space for social and political critique emerges. .Sport is indisputably an important cultural phenomenon in the United States. Each year millions attend sporting events, track the statistics and lives of sports stars, collect memorabilia, engage in fantasy sports, and play various sporting games. But increasingly, sport is also a space for public articulations regarding social and political issues within the United States. What are we to make of these particular articulations? What do they tell us about the nature of sport in the United States? How are these social and political critiques formed? Why do sporting voices seem to carry more weight at this moment in history? .Ideally suited for use in undergraduate and graduate courses, this book offers a new way of thinking about the connection between sport and religion in a secularizing society. By analyzing various sports and particular historica |
出版日期 | Book 2019 |
关键词 | Sport and Religion in the United States; The Prophetic Dimension of Sport; Sport and Contemporary Prop |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02293-8 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-02292-1 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-02293-8Series ISSN 2510-5035 Series E-ISSN 2510-5043 |
issn_series | 2510-5035 |
copyright | The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 |