Game Day and God : Football, Faith and Politics in the American South

by BAIN-SELBO ERIC

• ISBN13: 9780881461558
• ISBN10: 0881461555
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Summary

Game Day and God: Football, Faith, and Politics in the American South takes seriously the often-stated assertion that college football in the South is a religion.To this end, Eric Bain-Selbo draws upon a wide range of theoretical approaches in religious studies and cultural criticism.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Foreword	p. x
Bulldogs, and Marches, and Bear! Oh, My!
The Morphology of the Sacred in College Football in the South	p. 1
You and 100,000 of Your Closest Friends: The Social Function of College Football	p. 27
Ritualized Violence: From Religion to Sport to Football	p. 53
Ecstasy, Joy, and Sorrow: The Experience of Southern College Football	p. 69
From Lost Cause to Third-and-Long: College Football and the Civil Religion of the South	p. 86
Marx Is in the House! Football as the Opiate of the Southern Masses and Other Political Musings	p. 174
Conclusion. Sport as Religion?: A Summary and Final Assessment	p. 213
Appendix	p. 241
Bibliography	p. 243
Index	p. 251
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