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Author

Forney, Craig A.

Title The holy trinity of American sports : civil religion in football, baseball, and basketball / Craig A. Forney.

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Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c2007.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	306.483 F768h 2007	---	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	224 p. ; 24 cm.
Series	Sports and religion
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Acknowledgments -- 1.The sports of American civil religion -- 2. Holy rites of football, baseball, and basketball -- 3. Football : American myth of history -- 4. Baseball : sacred story of American aspirations -- 5. Basketball : American story of irreversible progress -- 6. Doctrines of the sports trinity -- 7. The ethical dimension of football, baseball, and basketball -- 8. Social tenets of the sports trinity -- 9. The experience of football, baseball, and basketball -- 10. Revelations of the sports trinity -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject	Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Football -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Basketball -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Sports -- United States -- Religious aspects.
	Civil religion -- United States.
	National characteristics, American.
ISBN	0881460540 (hardback : alk. paper)
	9780881460544 (hardback : alk. paper)
Standard No.	YDXCP 2505221
	AU@ 000041498492