Onward Christian Athletes

Author : Tom Krattenmaker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742562479
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Onward Christian Athletes written by Tom Krattenmaker and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Onward Christian Athletes, religion expert and commentator Tom Krattenmaker provides a first-of-its-kind exploration of what is really happening where sports and faith converge, and the larger story it tells about popular Christianity in American life in the new century.

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442215453
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book written by and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul C. Gutjahr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190258845
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in America written by Paul C. Gutjahr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Americans have long been considered A People of the Book Because the nickname was coined primarily to invoke close associations between Americans and the Bible, it is easy to overlook the central fact that it was a book-not a geographic location, a monarch, or even a shared language-that has served as a cornerstone in countless investigations into the formation and fragmentation of early American culture. Few books can lay claim to such powers of civilization-altering influence. Among those which can are sacred books, and for Americans principal among such books stands the Bible. This Handbook is designed to address a noticeable void in resources focused on analyzing the Bible in America in various historical moments and in relationship to specific institutions and cultural expressions. It takes seriously the fact that the Bible is both a physical object that has exercised considerable totemic power, as well as a text with a powerful intellectual design that has inspired everything from national religious and educational practices to a wide spectrum of artistic endeavors to our nation's politics and foreign policy. This Handbook brings together a number of established scholars, as well as younger scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview--rich with bibliographic resources--to those interested in the Bible's role in American cultural formation.

Author : Dave Zirin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781439175743
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bad Sports written by Dave Zirin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A THOUGHT-PROVOKING LOOK AT THE BIG BUSINESS AND IMMORAL PRACTICES BEHIND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS BY ACCLAIMED SPORTSWRITER DAVE ZIRIN, HAILED AS THE “CONSCIENCE OF AMERICAN SPORTSWRITING” (THE WASHINGTON POST ) The fastest-growing sector of today’s sports audience is the alienated fan. Complaints abound: from inflated ticket prices, $6 hot dogs, and $9 beers to owners endlessly demanding new multimillion-dollar stadiums funded by public tax dollars. Those sitting in the owners’ boxes are increasingly placing profit over players’ performances and fan loyalty. Bad Sports cuts through the hype and bombast to zero in on tales of abusive, dictatorial owners who move their teams thousands of miles away from their fan base, use their stadiums as religious and political platforms, or hold communities ransom for millions of dollars of taxpayer money to fund their gargantuan stadiums. As the multibillion-dollar sports-industrial complex continues to lumber along, Dave Zirin is the voice in the wilderness, speaking out for the common fan with a tough, passionate, and intelligent voice that will remind readers that there is more to sportswriting than glowing athlete profiles.

Author : Juan M. Floyd-Thomas
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611647800
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Altars Where We Worship written by Juan M. Floyd-Thomas and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While a large percentage of Americans claim religious identity, the number of Americans attending traditional worship services has significantly declined in recent decades. Where, then, are Americans finding meaning in their lives, if not in the context of traditional religion? In this provocative study, the authors argue that the objects of our attention have become our god and fulfilling our desires has become our religion. They examine the religious dimensions of six specific aspects of American culturebody and sex, big business, entertainment, politics, sports, and science and technologythat function as “altars†where Americans gather to worship and produce meaning for their lives. The Altars Where We Worship shows how these secular altars provide resources for understanding the self, others, and the world itself. “For better or worse,†the authors write, “we are faced with the reality that human experiences before these altars contain religious characteristics in common with experiences before more traditional altars.†Readers will come away with a clearer understanding of what religion is after exploring the thoroughly religious aspects of popular culture in the United States.

Author : Marcia W. Mount Shoop
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630873535
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Touchdowns for Jesus and Other Signs of Apocalypse written by Marcia W. Mount Shoop and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do sports matter so much to so many people? And why should we care? Far from being a distraction or a trivial pastime, sports tell us deep truths about ourselves. Big-time sports are a particularly potent mirror for humanity--reflecting both our promising possibilities and our demonic distortions. Theologian (and football coach's wife) Marcia Mount Shoop invites you to take a closer look at the hold that sports have on us. Touchdowns for Jesus takes you beneath the veil in some of the most challenging issues in sports today: fanaticism, sexism, racism, and abuse of power. And beneath the lifted veil you also encounter wisdom about how we can find our way back to what is most life-giving about sports. If you love sports, or if you just wonder why others do, Touchdowns for Jesus will give you a whole new way to view the games people play.

Author : Andrew Atherstone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019884459X
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Christian Fundamentalism written by Andrew Atherstone and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative volume offers the fullest account to date of Christian fundamentalism, its origins in the nineteenth century, and its development up to the present day. It looks at the movement in global terms and through a number of key subjects and debates in which it is actively engaged.

Author : Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Publisher : Revell
ISBN 13 : 1441225048
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heart of an Athlete Playbook written by Fellowship of Christian Athletes and published by Revell. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In life, as in sports, a quick time-out to rethink and re-center on the goal is a smart strategy. The Heart of an Athlete Playbook gives readers regular spiritual training for life on and off the field. This collection of 31 devotional readings are a quick start for athletes at any level, offering memorable, biblical insights for handling challenges and playing with God's purposes in mind. Readers will be introduced to the FCA devotional method, "PRESS," designed with athletes in mind: Pray, Read, Examine, Summarize, and Share, and will discover how to use biblical principles to become a dynamic competitor for Christ.

Author : George Harvey Sage
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197622712
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociology of Sport written by George Harvey Sage and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-10 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Now in its twelfth edition, Sociology of Sport offers a compact yet comprehensive and integrated perspective on sport in North American society. Bringing a unique viewpoint to the subject, George H. Sage, D. Stanley Eitzen, Becky Beal, and Matthew Atencio analyze and, in turn, demythologize sport. This method promotes an understanding of how a sociological perspective differs from commonsense perceptions about sport and society, helping students to understand sport in a new way"--

Author : Shirl J. Hoffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Good Game written by Shirl J. Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Game retells numerous fascinating stories from the world of ancient and contemporary sports and draws on the history of the Christian tradition to answer "What would it really mean to think Christianly about sport?" --from publisher description.