Alpert, Rebecca T.  1950- <br/><br/>
Religion and sports :  an introduction and case studies / 
Rebecca T. Alpert. 
 - vi, 209 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Why study religion and sports, anyway? -- Part 1. Why do people think sports are a religion? Friday night lights : high school football as religion in Odessa, Texas ; Oscar Pistorius and what it means to be human -- Part 2. Does religion have a place in sports, or sports in religion? Zen and archery in Japan ; O God of players : prayer and women's basketball at a Catholic college ; Juju : witchcraft and African football ; Jewish umpires and baseball chapel -- Part 3. What happens when religion and sports come into conflict? American Jews and the boycott of the 1936 Berlin Olympics ; The Belleville Grays and playing sports on the Sabbath ; Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and the national anthem ritual in the NBA ; Judo and hijab at the Olympics -- Part 4. Religion and ethical dilemmas in sports. Caroline Pla and CYO football : should girls be allowed to compete with boys? ; Should the Roman Catholic Church condemn bullfighting in Spain? ; The Florida State University Seminole's Osceola and Renegade : mascots or symbols? ; Jack Taylor's 138 points : is "running up the score" Christian? -- Conclusion: What would Phil Jackson do? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231165716 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014039573 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports--Religious aspects.<br/>Sports--Religious aspects.<br/>Religion.<br/>Sport.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV706.42  / .A56 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796.01