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- Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports
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- ISBN
- 9781932792102
- Subject Area
- Religion, Sports & Recreation
- Publication Name
- Good Game : Christianity and the Culture of Sports
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press
- Subject
- Christian Life / General, Sociology of Sports, General
- Publication Year
- 2010
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- Textbook
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- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 18.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 356 Pages
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Far from being the kind of life-affirming, faith-affirming events that they could be, games played in Christian college gymnasiums, for example, too often end up as mockeries of the faith statements given prominence in their mission statements. Here, in this thoughtful, narrative-driven exploration, Hoffman retells numerous fascinating stories from the world of ancient and contemporary sports and draws on the history of the Christian tradition as he seeks to answer the question "What would it mean to think Christianly about sport?"
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Baylor University Press
ISBN-10
1932792104
ISBN-13
9781932792102
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73130507
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Good Game : Christianity and the Culture of Sports
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Christian Life / General, Sociology of Sports, General
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
356 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2009-029958
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Gv706.42.H65 2009
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College Graduate Student
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The breadth of [Hoffman's] knowledge of the history of sport, especially in its relationship to religion, and his keen insights into what it might mean to think Christianly about sports contribute to a readable and impassioned plea for more careful and more spiritual reflection about what sports have come to mean for us and our world., The breadth of [Hoffman's] knowledge of the history of sport, especially in its relationship to religion, and his keen insights into what it might mean to think Christianly about sports contribute to a readable and impassioned plea for more careful and more spiritual reflection about what sports have come to mean for us and our world., Wonderful! This is an amazing achievement, blending sociological expertise, theological savvy, and profound spiritual sensitivities." —Richard J. Mouw, President and Professor of Christian Philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary, Tom Krattenmaker's recent Onward Christian Athletes (2009) explored the efforts of the Christian Right to join evangelical Christianity with professional sports. Here Hoffman takes a slightly different approach to what is essentially the same subject, tackling the relationship between faith and sports from a more ideological perspective. He suggests that while evangelical Christian groups are forging connections with sports (because sports is a high-profile platform), they really don't understand the nature of sports. He explores the fundamental paradox of joining sports (which encourages and celebrates success) to religion (which "consistently stresses the importance of losing"). The essential problem, he says, is that, in harnessing itself to sports, the Christian community doesn't really have a clear sense of its goal or a coherent plan to achieve it. As a result, sport is becoming, in many ways, a mockery of Christianity, a superficial set of rites and behaviors with no spiritual or philosophical foundation. Many readers may disagree with the author's thesis, but even they will agree that he supports it abundantly and argues it well., "Wonderful! This is an amazing achievement, blending sociological expertise, theological savvy, and profound spiritual sensitivities." --Richard J. Mouw, President and Professor of Christian Philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary, "This should be required reading for every thoughtful Christian." --Robert K. Johnston, author of The Christian at Play, "This should be required reading for every thoughtful Christian." --Robert K. Johnston, author ofThe Christian at Play
Table of Content
Introduction 1. Sports and the Early Church 2. Controlling and Proscribing Sport 3. Bowling, Bicycles, and Other Snares of the Devil 4. The Church Heads for the Playground 5. The Rise of Sports Evangelism 6. Christians and the Killer Instinct 7. Building and Sacking the Temple 8. Sport and the Sub-Christian Values 9. Touchdowns and Slam Dunks for Jesus 10. Prayer Out of Bounds 11. Notes Toward a Well-Played Game
Copyright Date
2010
Dewey Decimal
306.4/83
Dewey Edition
22
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