Passion Plays: How Religion Shaped Sports in North America

by Randall Balmer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469670062
• ISBN13: 9781469670065
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"