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Sunday

A History of the First Day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl

by Craig Harline

  • Paperback
  • 480 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press Academic
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.7 cm

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The mere mention of Sunday will immediately conjure up a rich mixture of memories, associations and ideas for anyone of any age. Whatever we think of Sunday, it occupies a unique place in Western civilization. But how did we come to have a day with such a singular set of traditions? Here, historian Craig Harline examines Sunday from its ancient beginnings to contemporary America in a fascinating blend of stories and analysis. For early Christians, the first day of the week was a time to celebrate the liturgy and observe the Resurrection. But over time, Sunday in the Western world took on other meanings and rituals, especially with the addition of both rest and recreation to the day's activities. Harline illuminates these changes in enlightening profiles of Sunday in medieval Catholic England, Sunday in the Reformation, and Sunday in nineteenth-century France - home of the most envied and sometimes despised Sunday traditions of the modern world.He continues with moving portraits of soldiers and civilians trying to observe Sunday during World War I, examines the quiet Sunday of England in the 1930s, and concludes with the convergence of various European traditions in the American Sunday, which also adds some distinctly original habits of its own, in the realms of commerce and professional sports. With engaging prose and scholarly integrity, "Sunday" is an entertaining and long-overdue look at a significant hallmark of Western culture.
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  • Title

    Sunday

  • Author

    Craig Harline

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Yale University Press Academic

  • Published

    September 2011

  • Weight

    668g

  • Page Count

    480

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780300167030

  • ISBN-10

    0300167032

  • Eden Code

    3975488

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