{"product_id":"christianity-race-and-sport-paperback","title":"Christianity, Race, and Sport - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Scholes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a rigorously researched introduction to the relationship between Christianity, race, and sport in the United States. \u003ci\u003eChristianity, Race, and Sport\u003c\/i\u003e 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe sanctification of baseball player Jackie Robinson;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe domestication of Muhammad Ali and George Foreman;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ereligious expressions of athletes in the NFL;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003etreatment of African American tennis player Serena Williams;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eColin Kaepernick and his prophetic voice. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeffrey Scholes\u003c\/strong\u003e is associate professor of religious studies in the Department of Philosophy and the Director of the Center for Religious Diversity and Public Life at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750668431667,"sku":"9780367313302","price":96.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ckNxUlhKZk81SEpmUnhNRXYyeG5GZz09.webp?v=1764288150","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/christianity-race-and-sport-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}