Christianity, Race, and Sport

By: Jeffrey Scholes

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Synopsis: This book provides a rigorously researched introduction to the relationship between Christianity, race, and sport in the United States. Christianity, Race, and Sport examines how Protestant Christianity and race have interacted, often to the detriment of Black bodies, throughout the sporting world over the last century. Important sporting figures and case studies discussed include: the sanctification of baseball player Jackie Robinson; the domestication of Muhammad Ali and George Foreman; religious expressions of athletes in the NFL; treatment of African American tennis player Serena Williams; Colin Kaepernick and his prophetic voice. This accessible and conversational book is essential reading for undergraduate students approaching religion and race or religion and sport for the first time, as well as those working within the sociology of sport, sport studies, history of sport, or philosophy of sport.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 132 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000380071
Related ISBNs:: 9780367313302, 9780367313319, 9780429316326
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/18/23
Copyrighted By:: Jeffrey Scholes The right of Jeffrey Scholes to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Sports, Religion and Spirituality
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.