The Faith of 50 Million: Baseball, Religion, and American Culture

The Faith of 50 Million features essays by religion scholars who analyze the relationship between baseball and theology in American culture. Topics include the sense of national identity, baseball and civil religion, saints and sinners, baseball and the American Dream with regard to racial integration, women and baseball, baseball as metaphor, and baseball as spiritual autobiography. Readers will love this fascinating intersection of baseball, race, American civil religion, and contemporary sports culture.

Author: Christopher H. Evans
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 03/01/2002
Pages: 274
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.01w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780664223052

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/15/2002 pg. 92
Christian Century 06/05/2002 pg. 36
Choice 11/01/2002 pg. 486