| The Faith of 50 Million: Baseball, Religion, and American Culture Contributor(s): Evans, Christopher H. (Editor), Herzog II, William R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0664223052 ISBN-13: 9780664223052 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $45.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: This volume features essays by religion scholars who analyze the relation of baseball and theology in American culture. Topics include issues of national identity, baseball and civil religion, baseball as a metaphor and more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 2001046685 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.01" W x 9.03" (1.05 lbs) 274 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Secular - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Faith of 50 Million features essays by religion scholars who analyze the relationship between baseball and theology in American culture. Topics include the sense of national identity, baseball and civil religion, saints and sinners, baseball and the American Dream with regard to racial integration, women and baseball, baseball as metaphor, and baseball as spiritual autobiography. Readers will love this fascinating intersection of baseball, race, American civil religion, and contemporary sports culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Evans, Christopher H.: - Christopher H. Evans is Vice President for Academic Life, Dean of Faculty, Sallie Knowles Crozer Professor of Church History and Director of United Methodist Studies at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York.Herzog II, William R.: - William R. Herzog II was formerly Sallie Knowles Crozer Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, New York. His books include Parables as Subversive Speech: Jesus as Pedagogue of the Oppressed; Jesus, Justice, and the Reign of God: A Ministry of Liberation; and The Faith of Fifty Million: Baseball, Religion, and American Culture, all published by WJK. |
