Rounding the bases : baseball and religion in America / by Joseph L. Price.
Rounding the bases : baseball and religion in America / by Joseph L. Price.
Rounding the bases : baseball and religion in America / by Joseph L. Price.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
Call Numbers
N796.35709/8
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: from the dugout to the batter's box -- Rounding the bases: baseball intersecting religion -- Exercising faith: baseball for the House of David -- The pitcher's mound as Cosmic Mountain: baseball and religious myths -- Conjuring curses and supplicating spirits: baseball's culture of sup...
Publication information
Publisher
Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Georgia
Date Published
2006.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"After identifying early conflicts between churches and baseball in the late-nineteenth century, Joseph Price examines the appropriation of baseball by the House of David, an early twentieth-century millennial Protestant community in southern Michigan. At the heart of the book is a sustained argument about how baseball functions as an American civi...
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Rounding the bases : baseball and religion in America / by Joseph L. Price.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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Call Numbers
N796.35709/8
Record Identifier
74VKKpBjdbRZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKpBjdbRZ
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ISBN
9780865549999 (hardback : alk. paper)
0865549990 (hardback : alk. paper)
DDC
796.3570973
MMS ID
991021754339702626
