From Season to Season: Sports as American ReligionJoseph L. Price In From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion, nine scholars of religion and theology explore the relationship between religion and sports in American popular culture and the role of sports as religion. |
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Sports as Religion in America Joseph L Price | 3 |
God and Games in Modern Culture Lonnie D Kliever | 39 |
The Rhythmic and Religious Significance | 49 |
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