{"product_id":"sport-and-religion-in-the-twentyfirst-century-9781498514415","title":"Sport and Religion in the TwentyFirst Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the relationship between sport and religion with regard to twenty-first century topics such as race, fandom, education, and culture. The contributors provide new insights into the people, movements, and events that define the complex relationship between sport and religion around the world. A wonderful addition to any academic course on religion, sports, ethics, or culture as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is one more book among a host of others on sport and religion. Comprising 12 essays, the volume commits itself to this relationship from 'both macro and micro perspectives.' The backgrounds of the contributors range from sports management to journalism and communication arts.... The book's major contribution is bibliographical—the references run to almost 30 pages. And the book rightly encourages far more interdisciplinary scholarship on the myriad possible topics related to sport and religion.... Summing Up: Recommended ... Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eThe strength of the book is the range of topics covered, which means that everyone should find something of interest. * Verite Sport *\u003cbr\u003eSport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century provides a thorough and nuanced examination of sport and civil religion. Another key strength is in the detailed analysis of the role of media in contemporary sports. . . .Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century would be a welcomed volume to its intended audience of academics interested in religion, sports, culture, and ethics. * Sport in American History *\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, the connection between sport and religion has gained great interest among scholars of religion and also, to some extent, within the field of sport studies. It is therefore somewhat surprising to find an anthology with the title Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century where a majority of the contributors are scholars of communication and media. In itself, this volume indicates how important the discussion on sport and religion has become in the United States…. Not unexpectedly, it is the media perspectives in the book that are the most intriguing. One such example is Jeffrey B. Kurtz’s discussion of how increased media attention to sport has changed the social position of athletes, and how the general public perceives athletes…. Thus, Sport and Religion…is for people with a general interest in sport, religion, and journalism. * Reading Religion *\u003cbr\u003eThis edited compendium is a unique contribution as it examines both macro and micro elements related to the intersection of—and at times the symbiotic relationship between—sport and religion. Editors Schultz and Sheffer should be commended for the diversity of topics covered in their collection. -- Paul M. Pedersen, Indiana University–Bloomington\u003cbr\u003eAt last, a thorough and nuanced examination of the inextricable link between sport and religion. Schultz and Sheffer have assembled a terrific list of authors and topics that collectively show that while sport and religion are not twins, they could be interpreted as siblings, closely woven within the fabric of modern culture. -- Andrew Billings, University of Alabama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: \tWho’s Got Game?:  America’s New Religion  \t\tMary Lou Sheffer  Chapter 2:\tFrom Sunday Sermon to Monday Night Football: The Rise of the Use of Prayer in North American Sports  \t\tAlan Goldenbach  Chapter 3:\tElegy for the McPheean Moment: False Idols and the  Tyrannical Faith of Celebrity-Sports Culture  \t\tJeffrey B. Kurtz  Chapter 4:\tBiblical Tales in the Sports News: Narrative and the  Redemption of Michael Vick   \t\tChris B. Geyerman  Chapter 5:\tAn Olympic Religion: Does the IOC Still Have Faith  in the Olympic Games?   \t\tAnthony J. Moretti  Chapter 6:\t“Be Not Conformed”:  The Relationship Between Modern Sport and Religion  \t\tBrad Schultz    Chapter 7: \tA Useable Soccer Martyr: The Egyptian Ultras and their Fight for  \t\tLegitimacy  \t\tNatalia Mielczarek   Chapter 8: \tCelebrating in a Cemetery: Sport, the Sacred, and a  Search for Significance in Fan Communities  Bruce J. Evensen  Chapter 9: \tSouthern Reconstructing: Sport and the Future of  Religion in the American South  \t\tEric Bain-Selbo and Terry Shoemaker   Chapter 10: \tExercising the Spiritual Muscle: Holistic Care Service  Provision in Intercollegiate Athletics  \t\tLandon T. Huffman, Robin Hardin, and Steven N. Waller  Chapter 11:\tAre Sports Programs at Small Church-Affiliated Colleges and Universities Really Different?   Patrick J. Sutherland\t  Chapter 12: \t“Our Hope is Built on Nothing Less”: Why Religion\/Spirituality  Matters in the Lives of Black Male College Athletes  \t\tSteven N. 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