UID:
almahu_9949068648602882
Format:
1 online resource (217 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-415-86292-2
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1-134-51166-3
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1-59558-031-X
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1-134-51167-1
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1-280-11126-7
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0-203-99534-1
Content:
'Sport' and 'religion' are cultural institutions with a global reach. Each is characterised by ritualised performance and by the ecstatic devotion of its followers, whether in the sports arena or the cathedral of worship. This fascinating collection is the first to examine, in detail, the relationship between these two cultural institutions from an international, religiously pluralistic perspective. It illuminates the role of sport and religion in the social formation of collective groups, and explores how sport might operate in the service of a religious community.The book offers a series
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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With God on their side: an introduction /
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Catholics and sport in Northern Ireland: exclusiveness or inclusiveness? /
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Stadium politics: sport, Islam and Amazigh consciousness in France and North Africa /
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'We are red, white and blue, we are Catholic, why aren't you?: religion and soccer subculture symbolism /
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Women, sport and American Jewish identity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries /
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Manly Catholicism: making men in Catholic public schools, 1945-80 /
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Religion, race and rugby in 'coloured' Cape Town /
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Appeasing the Gods: Shinto, sumo and 'true' Japanese spirit /
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What makes a man?: religion, sport and negotiating masculine identity in the Promise Keepers /
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Muhammad Speaks and Muhammad Ali: intersections of the Nation of Islam and sport in the 1960s /
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Epilogue /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-25961-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-25960-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203995341
