The Prophetic Dimension of Sport

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shoemaker, Terry (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Briefs in Religion and Sport,
• Subjects: Religion and sociology.; United States-Study and teaching.; Sociology of Religion.; Religion and Society.; American Culture.

Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of Religion and Sport, this book examines the prophetic dimension of sport, to arrive at a better understanding of the nature of sports in the United States. By detailing and analyzing particular sports, a portrait of sport as an important space for s...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction, Terry Shoemaker, Arizona State University
• Chapter 2. The Prophetic Dimension of Sport, Eric Bain-Selbo, Indiana University Kokomo
• Chapter 3. Who is Prophet? Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and the Integration of Baseball, Rebecca Alpert, Temple University
• Chapter 4. Basketball, Black Lives Matter and Prophetic Imagination, Terry Shoemaker, Arizona State University
• Chapter 5. Disrupting the NFL's Civil Religious Canopy: Super Bowl Half Time Show as Prophetic Stage, Jeffrey Scholes, University of Colorado.-Chapter 6. The Problem with Winning: How Evangelicals Have Tried (And Failed) to Change the World of Sports, Annie Blazer, William & Mary
• Chapter 7. Response: TBD.