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Hardcover Passion Plays: How Religion Shaped Sports in North America Book

ISBN: 1469670062

ISBN13: 9781469670065

Passion Plays: How Religion Shaped Sports in North America

Randall Balmer was a late convert to sports talk radio, but he quickly became addicted, just like millions of other devoted American sports fans. As a historian of religion, the more he listened, Balmer couldn't help but wonder how the fervor he heard related to religious practice. Houses of worship once railed against Sabbath-busting sports events, but today most willingly accommodate Super Bowl Sunday. On the other hand, basketball's inventor, James...

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