Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports

by Shirl J. Hoffman

Book Overview

In recent years the United States has seen an influx of Christian athletes and coaches into big-time sports, as well as a heightened importance placed on sports in church programs and enormous platforms for intercollegiate sports at Christian schools and colleges. However, as Shirl Hoffman critiques, a Christian vision of sport remains merely superficial--replete with prayers before free throws and praises after touchdowns but offering little if...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932792104
• ISBN13: 9781932792102
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher