Title The holy trinity of American sports : civil religion in football, baseball, and basketball / Craig A. Forney.

Publication Info.	Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2007]
	©2007

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	GV706.5 .F66 2007	Available	---

Edition	1st ed.
Description	224 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	Sports and religion
	Sports and religion.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Acknowledgments -- 1.The sports of American civil religion -- 2. Holy rites of football, baseball, and basketball -- 3. Football : American myth of history -- 4. Baseball : sacred story of American aspirations -- 5. Basketball : American story of irreversible progress -- 6. Doctrines of the sports trinity -- 7. The ethical dimension of football, baseball, and basketball -- 8. Social tenets of the sports trinity -- 9. The experience of football, baseball, and basketball -- 10. Revelations of the sports trinity -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject	Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Sports -- Social aspects.
	United States.
	Football -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Football -- Social aspects.
	Football.
	Baseball -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Baseball -- Social aspects.
	Basketball -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Basketball -- Social aspects.
	Basketball.
	Sports -- United States -- Religious aspects.
	Sports.
	Civil religion -- United States.
	Civil religion.
	National characteristics, American.
	National characteristics, American.
ISBN	0881460540 hardback alkaline paper
	9780881460544 hardback alkaline paper