From season to season : sports as American religion - Price, Joseph L., 1949- (Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2001)
From sabbath proscriptions to super Sunday celebrations: sports and religion in America / Joseph L. Price -- God and games in modern culture / Lonnie D. Kliever -- From season to season: the rhythmic and religious significance of American sports seasons / Joseph L. Price -- The pitcher's mound as cosmic mountain: the religious significance of baseball / Joseph L. Price -- The fetish and McGwire's balls / Paul C. Johnson -- Every religion needs a martyr: the role of Matty, Gehrig, and Clemente in the national faith / Peter Williams -- Through the eyes of Mircea Eliade: United States football as a religious rite de passage / Bonnie Miller-McLemore -- The super bowl as religious festival / Joseph L. Price -- American sport as folk religion: examining a test of its strength / James A. Mathisen -- Basketball's Abbot: Bob Knight and the drive for protection / Lois Daly -- The final four as final judgment: the religious and cultural significance of the NCAA basketball championship / Joseph L. Price -- A puckish reflection on religion in Canada / Tom Faulkner -- Myth and ritual in professional wrestling / Charles S. Adams -- An American apotheosis: sports as popular religion / Joseph L. Price.
Series statement taken from series t.p. in succeeding volume.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Sports -- United States -- Religious aspects