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050 0 0 _aGV 706.42
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100 1 _aAlpert, Rebecca T.
_q(Rebecca Trachtenberg),
_d1950-
245 1 0 _aReligion and sports :
_ban introduction and case studies /
_cRebecca T. Alpert.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2015]
300 _avi, 209 pages ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: Why study religion and sports, anyway? -- Part 1. Why do people think sports are a religion? Friday night lights : high school football as religion in Odessa, Texas ; Oscar Pistorius and what it means to be human -- Part 2. Does religion have a place in sports, or sports in religion? Zen and archery in Japan ; O God of players : prayer and women's basketball at a Catholic college ; Juju : witchcraft and African football ; Jewish umpires and baseball chapel -- Part 3. What happens when religion and sports come into conflict? American Jews and the boycott of the 1936 Berlin Olympics ; The Belleville Grays and playing sports on the Sabbath ; Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and the national anthem ritual in the NBA ; Judo and hijab at the Olympics -- Part 4. Religion and ethical dilemmas in sports. Caroline Pla and CYO football : should girls be allowed to compete with boys? ; Should the Roman Catholic Church condemn bullfighting in Spain? ; The Florida State University Seminole's Osceola and Renegade : mascots or symbols? ; Jack Taylor's 138 points : is "running up the score" Christian? -- Conclusion: What would Phil Jackson do?
650 0 _aSports
_xReligious aspects.
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