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Onward Christian athletes : turning ballparks into pulpits and players into preachers / Tom Krattenmaker.

By: Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.Description: vi, 221 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780742562479 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781442201293 (electronic)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 201/.6796 22
LOC classification:
  • GV706.42 .K73 2009
Contents:
On any Justice Sunday : evangelicals, pro sports, and the (conservative) campaign for Jesus -- A cross on the logo : representing for God in the high-drama, high-profile world of major league sports -- Faith coach : discipling athletes for a roster spot on God's team -- Winning for Jesus (but finding him in the loss column) : the tricky relationship between evangelism and sports success -- Church at the ballpark : baseball chapel and its exclusive theology in an age of growing religious diversity -- Coors Field to eternity : faith days in major league baseball -- For God, country, and the Republican Party : the conservative politics of Jesus' pro sports warriors -- Domesticated Christianity : the political acquiescence of African American Christians in sports -- A match made in heaven or hell : the dissonance between the values of Christianity and the values of big-time sports -- The salvation of sports : getting it right in an emerging new era of faith in sports.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks GV706.42 .K73 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001107258

On any Justice Sunday : evangelicals, pro sports, and the (conservative) campaign for Jesus -- A cross on the logo : representing for God in the high-drama, high-profile world of major league sports -- Faith coach : discipling athletes for a roster spot on God's team -- Winning for Jesus (but finding him in the loss column) : the tricky relationship between evangelism and sports success -- Church at the ballpark : baseball chapel and its exclusive theology in an age of growing religious diversity -- Coors Field to eternity : faith days in major league baseball -- For God, country, and the Republican Party : the conservative politics of Jesus' pro sports warriors -- Domesticated Christianity : the political acquiescence of African American Christians in sports -- A match made in heaven or hell : the dissonance between the values of Christianity and the values of big-time sports -- The salvation of sports : getting it right in an emerging new era of faith in sports.

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