Playing for God: Evangelical Women and the Unintended Consequences of Sports Ministry

by Annie Blazer

Book Overview

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:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479818135
• ISBN13: 9781479818136
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.2"