RT Book
T1 Violence in Southern Sport and Culture: Sacred Battles on the Gridiron
T2 SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies
T2 SpringerLink Bücher
A1 Bain-Selbo, Eric 1965-
LA English
PP Cham
PB Springer
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1654809489
AB This book discusses violence and its connection with religion, sport and popular culture. It highlights the religious dimensions of violence and the role of violence in the religion and culture of the American South. Extending into popular culture, it then makes the case that sport-particularly American football-is a cultural phenomenon in the South with close ties with religion and violence, and that American football has come to play a central role in the civil religion of the South, fueled in part by its violent nature. The book concludes by drawing important lessons from this case study-lessons that help us to see both religion and sport in a new light
AB Pregame -- Kick Off -- Chapter 1. Theoretical Approaches to Religious Violence -- Chapter 2. Violence and American Football -- Chapter 3. College Football in the American South -- Chapter 4. Conclusions -- Appendices
OP 53
CN BL60
SN 978-3-319-50059-1
K1 Social Sciences
K1 Religion and sociology
K1 Secularism
DO 10.1007/978-3-319-50059-1