Jeffrey Scholes

Christianity, Race, and Sport

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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 accessi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-00-038002-6
EAN: 9781000380026
Produktnummer: 36110340
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 144 S.
Plattform: PDF

Über den Autor

Jeffrey Scholes 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.