Playing with God: Religion and Modern Sport
- ISBN-10
- 0674020448
- ISBN-13
- 9780674020443
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 335
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-06-30
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- William J Baker
Description
Like no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. This book traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemnation of games as sinful in the seventeenth century to the near deification of athletic contests in our own day.
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