Holy Trinity of American Sports Civil Religion in Football, Baseball, and Basketball

Name: Holy Trinity of American Sports Civil Religion in Football, Baseball, and Basketball
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ISBN: 9780881461732

ISBN-10: 0881461733

ISBN-13: 9780881461732

Edition: 2010

Authors: Craig A. Forney

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The Holy Trinity of American Sports explores how football, baseball, and basketball interact to illustrate civil religion in the United States. These three sports mark movement through one year in the country, providing extended seasons to supplement holidays like Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. Year after year, they generate ritual actions of daily, weekly, yearly, and once-in-a-lifetime significance. Football, baseball, and basketball portray three core stories of national worldview. Football depicts stories about the realities of life within history, while baseball expresses mythic aspiration for an ideal future. Basketball presents narrative of irreversible progress, story of…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Publication date: 6/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Sports of American Civil Religion



Holy Rites of Football, Baseball, and Basketball



Football: American Myth of History



Baseball: Sacred Story of American Aspirations



Basketball: American Story of Irreversible Progress



Doctrines of the Sports Trinity



The Ethical Dimension of Football, Baseball, and Basketball



Social Tenets of the Sports Trinity



The Experience of Football, Baseball, and Basketball



Revelations of the Sports Trinity


Bibliography


Index