| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 233 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
North American religions
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North American religions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Practicing faith: sports ministry and evangelicalism in America -- Making the save: conversion and witnessing -- Transcendent intimacy: the embodied pleasures of sport -- Spiritual warfare and Christlikeness: narratives of bodies and battlefields -- Wearing our shorts a little longer: testing the boundaries of evangelical femininity -- Challenging the call: sexual desire and sexual deviance -- Faith off the field: negotiating gender at home -- Conclusion: A tale of unintended consequences. |
| Summary |
When sports ministry first emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, its founders imagined male celebrity athletes as powerful salespeople who could deliver a message of Christian strength: "If athletes can endorse shaving cream, razor blades, and cigarettes, surely they can endorse the Lord, too," reasoned Fellowship of Christian Athletes founder Don McClanen. But combining evangelicalism and sport did much more than serve as an advertisement for religion: it gave athletes the opportunity to think about the embodied experiences of sport as a way to experience intimate connection with the divine. As spo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Christian athletes -- Religious life.
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Christian athletes. |
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Religious life. |
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Church work with teenagers -- Catholic Church.
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Church work with teenagers -- Catholic Church. |
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Femininity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Femininity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blazer, Annie. Playing for God. New York : New York University Press, [2015] 9781479898015 (DLC) 2015004164 (OCoLC)893452380 |
| ISBN |
9781479838820 (electronic book) |
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1479838829 (electronic book) |
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9781479898015 |
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1479898015 |
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9781479818136 |
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1479818135 |
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