In this Book
- Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Baylor University Press
summary
In recent years the United States has seen an influx of Christian athletes and coaches into big-time sports, as well as a heightened importance placed on sports in church programs and at Christian schools and colleges. However, as Shirl Hoffman critiques, a Christian vision of sport remains merely superficial—replete with prayers before free throws and praises after touchdowns but offering little, if any, alternative vision from the secular sports culture.
Good Game retells numerous fascinating stories from the world of ancient and contemporary sports and draws on the history of the Christian tradition to answer “What would it really mean to think Christianly about sport?”
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-22
- 1 Sports and the Early Church
- pp. 23-46
- 4 The Church Heads for the Playground
- pp. 99-126
- 5 The Rise of Sport Evangelism
- pp. 127-143
- 6 Christians and the Killer Instinct
- pp. 145-166
- 7 Building and Sacking the Temple
- pp. 167-192
- 8 Sport and the Sub-Christian Values
- pp. 193-218
- 9 Touchdowns and Slam Dunks for Jesus
- pp. 219-238
- 10 Prayers Out of Bounds
- pp. 239-262
- 11 Notes Toward a Well-Played Game
- pp. 263-292
Additional Information
ISBN
9781602584983
Related ISBN(s)
9781932792102
MARC Record
OCLC
761135199
Pages
356
Launched on MUSE
2011-07-21
Language
English
Open Access
No