The faith of fifty million

By Christopher Hodge Evans, William R. Herzog

Subjects: Culturele aspecten, Gv867.6 .f35 2002, Baseball, social aspects, Baseball--social aspects, Religious aspects, Civil religion, 796.357/0973, Baseball--social aspects--united states, Sports, Honkbal, Sports, united states, Sports, religious aspects, Civil religion--united states, Sports--religious aspects, Social aspects, Soziologie, Sports--united states--religious aspects, Baseball

Description: Features essays by religion scholars who analyze the relation of baseball and theology in American culture. Topics include issues of national identity, baseball and civil religion, "saints and sinners, " baseball and the American Dream in relation to racial integration, women and baseball, baseball as metaphor, and baseball as spiritual autobiography.