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Religion Through Popular Culture: Sports and Recreation

Organizations Dealing with Sport and Religion

Religion, Sport and Play Group of the American Academy of Religion.

From Barbie Dolls to Linebacker Blitzes: Sports, Games, and Religion

Alpert, Rebecca T. Religion and Sports: An Introduction and Case Studies. GV706.42 A56 2015.

Bado-Fralick, Nikki, and Rebecca Sachs Norris. Toying with God: The World of Religious Games and Dolls. BL65 P6 B33 2010.

Bain-Selbo, Eric. Game Day and God: Football, Faith, and Politics in the American South. GV959 B26 2009.

Bainbridge, William Sims. eBods: Faith Versus Fantasy in Computer Gaming. GV1469.17 S63 B35 2013.

Boxerman, Burton Alan, and Benita W. Boxerman. Jews and Baseball. 2 vols. GV865 A1 B645 2007.

Campbell, Heidi A., ed. Playing with Religio in Video Games. GV1469.34 R45 P53 2014.

Dreher, Diane. Inner Gardening: Four Seasons of Cultivating the Soil and the Spirit. SB455 D74 2001.

Ellis, Robert. The Games People Play: Theology, Religion, and Sport. GV706.42 E55 2014.

Hendy, Jenny. Zen in Your Garden: Creating Sacred Spaces. SB458 H43 2001.

Hoffman, Shirl J. Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports. GV796.42 H65 2010.

Krattenmaker, Thomas G. Onward Christian Athletes: Turning Ballparks into Pulpits and Players into Preachers. GV706.42 K73 2010.

Norfolk, Donald. The Soul Garden. BL629.5 G37 N67 2002.

Norris, Gunilla Brodde. A Mystic Garden: Working with Soil, Attending to Soul. BL624.2 N68 2006.

Parry, Jim, et al. Sport and Spirituality: An Introduction. GV706.42 S565 2007.

Scholes, Jeffrey, and Raphael Sassower. Religion and Sports in American Culture. GV706.42 S55 2013.

Schultz, Brad, and Mary Lou Sheffer, eds. Sport and Religion in the Twenty-First Century. GV706.42 S6555 2016.

Stein, Rolf Alfred. The World in Miniature: Container Gardens and Dwellings in Far Eastern Religious Thought. SB433.5 S67 1990.

Watson, Nick J., and Andrew Parker. Sport and the Christian Religion: A Systematic Review of Literature. GV706.42 W38 2014. Includes a section on emerging research areas.

 

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