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008			010419s2001 gau b 001 0 eng d
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050	0	0	_aGV 706.42 _b.F76 2001
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245	0	0	_aFrom season to season : _bsports as American religion / _cedited by Joseph L. Price.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aMacon, Ga. : _bMercer University Press, _c2001.
300			_aix, 240 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_a[Sports and religion]
500			_aSeries statement taken from series t.p. in succeeding volume.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aFrom 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.
650		0	_aSports _zUnited States _xReligious aspects.
700	1		_aPrice, Joseph L., _d1949-
830		0	_aSports and religion.
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