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Rounding the Bases

Baseball and Religion in America [Paperback]

by Joseph L Price

    • Author

      Joseph L Price

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Mercer University Press

    • Published

      July 2015

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      After identifying early conflicts between churches and baseball in the late-nineteenth century, Price examines the appropriation of baseball by the House of David, an early twentieth-century millennial Protestant community in southern Michigan. Turning then from historical intersections between base-ball and religion, two chapters focus on the ways that baseball reflects religious myths. First, the omphalos myth about the origin and ordering of the world is reflected in the rituals and rules of the game. Then the myth of curses is explored in the culture of superstition that underlies the game. At the heart of the book is a sustained argument about how baseball functions as an American civil religion, affirming and sanctifying American identity, especially during periods of national crises such as wars and terrorist attacks. In various ways Rounding the Bases charts new territory in the literature about baseball and religion.

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      • Author

        Joseph L Price

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Mercer University Press

      • Published

        July 2015

      • Weight

        364g

      • Page Count

        272

      • Dimensions

        150 x 224 x 16 mm

      • ISBN

        9780881460407

      • ISBN-10

        0881460400

      • Eden Code

        4325631

      More Information

      • Author/Creator: Joseph L Price

      • ISBN: 9780881460407

      • Publisher: Mercer University Press

      • Release Date: July 2015

      • Weight: 364g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 224 x 16 mm

      • Eden Code: 4325631


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