Playing for God : evangelical women and the unintended consequences of sports ministry /
Blazer, Annie.
Playing for God : evangelical women and the unintended consequences of sports ministry / Annie Blazer. - xii, 232 pages ; 24 cm. - North American religions . - North American religions. .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Practicing faith: sports ministry and evangelicalism in America -- Making the save: conversion and witnessing -- Transcendent intimacy: the embodied pleasures of sport -- Spiritual warfare and Christlikeness: narratives of bodies and battlefields -- Wearing our shorts a little longer: testing the boundaries of evangelical femininity -- Challenging the call: sexual desire and sexual deviance -- Faith off the field: negotiating gender at home -- Conclusion: A tale of unintended consequences.
9781479898015 1479898015 9781479818136 1479818135
2015004164
Christian athletes--Religious life.
Church work with teenagers--Catholic Church.
Femininity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV 4531.3 / .B566 2015
Playing for God : evangelical women and the unintended consequences of sports ministry / Annie Blazer. - xii, 232 pages ; 24 cm. - North American religions . - North American religions. .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Practicing faith: sports ministry and evangelicalism in America -- Making the save: conversion and witnessing -- Transcendent intimacy: the embodied pleasures of sport -- Spiritual warfare and Christlikeness: narratives of bodies and battlefields -- Wearing our shorts a little longer: testing the boundaries of evangelical femininity -- Challenging the call: sexual desire and sexual deviance -- Faith off the field: negotiating gender at home -- Conclusion: A tale of unintended consequences.
9781479898015 1479898015 9781479818136 1479818135
2015004164
Christian athletes--Religious life.
Church work with teenagers--Catholic Church.
Femininity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV 4531.3 / .B566 2015