Of Gods and Games : Religious Faith and Modern Sports [1 ed.] 9780820349862, 9780820349855

That Americans take to sports with a spiritual fervor is no secret. Athletics has even been called a civil religion for

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Of Gods and Games : Religious Faith and Modern Sports [1 ed.]
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Пособие «Спорт и спортивные игры» предназначено для студентов факультета иностранных языков.

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Marx, Nietzche, and Freud are among the most influential of modern atheists. The distinctive feature of their challenge

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Just as our own games have a lot to say about modern American culture, so sports are a prism through which we can gain v

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This is the first book to provide a critical criminological perspective on sport and the connections between sport and c

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As religious violence flares around the world, we are confronted with an acute dilemma: Can people coexist in peace when

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Reprint of the 1902 ed. published by G. A. Vaughan, Govt. printer, Brisbane, which was issued as bulletin no. 4 of North

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