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From Season to Season

Sports as American Religion

Joseph L. Price, editor

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. Topics explored include:

"From Season to Season: The Rhythmic and Religious Significance
of American Sports Seasons"

"The Pitcher’s Mound as Cosmic Mountain: The Religious Significance of Baseball"

"The Fetish and McGwire’s Balls"

"The Super Bowl as Religious Festival"

"The Final Four as Final Judgment: The Religious and Cultural Significance
of the NCAA Basketball Championship"

"A Puckish Reflection on Religion in Canada"

"Myth and Ritual in Professional Wrestling"

Contributors: Charles S. Adams, Lois Daly, Tom Faulkner, Paul C. Johnson, Lonnie D. Kliever, James A. Mathisen, Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Joseph L. Price, Peter Williams

Joseph L. Price is professor of Theology and executive assistant to the president at Whittier College. His previous publications include two volumes coedited with Donald W. Musser--A New Handbook of Christian Theology and The Whirlwind in Culture: Frontiers in Theology in Honor of Langdon Gilkey--and an essay in The Theology of Langdon B. Gilkey: Systematic and Critical Studies (Mercer, 1999).

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