TY - BOOK ID - 76819878 TI - God In the stadium PY - 2015 SN - 0813108535 0813158060 9780813158068 1322597359 9781322597355 0813119235 9780813119236 PB - Lexington University Press of Kentucky DB - UniCat KW - College sports KW - Sports KW - 796.011.2 KW - 796.011.2 Sport en religie KW - Sport en religie KW - Field sports KW - Pastimes KW - Recreations KW - Recreation KW - Athletics KW - Games KW - Outdoor life KW - Physical education and training KW - College athletics KW - Collegiate sports KW - Intercollegiate athletics KW - Intercollegiate sports KW - Universities and colleges KW - University athletics KW - University sports KW - School sports KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Christianity KW - United States KW - Social life and customs. KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity. KW - 796.011.2 Sport en religie. Theologie en religie KW - Sport en religie. Theologie en religie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:76819878 AB - From the worship of Michael Jordan to the downfall of O.J. Simpson, it has become clear that sports and sports heroes have assumed a role in American society far out of proportion to their traditional value. In this powerful critique of present-day American popular culture, Robert J. Higgs examines the complex and increasingly pervasive control that sports wield in shaping the national self-image. He provides a thoughtful history and analysis of how sports and religion have become intertwined and offers a stinging indictment of the sports-religion-media-education complex.Beginning with the pla ER -