Playing for God : evangelical women and the unintended consequences of sports ministry - Blazer, Annie (New York : New York University Press, 2015)
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.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Christian athletes -- Religious life; Church work with teenagers -- Catholic Church; Femininity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity