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The Faith of 50 Millionfeatures essays by religion scholars who analyze the relationship between baseball and theology in American culture. Topics include the sense of national identity, baseball and civil religion, "saints and sinners," baseball and the American Dream with regard to racial integration, women and baseball, baseball as metaphor, and baseball as spiritual autobiography. Readers will love this fascinating intersection of baseball, race, American civil religion, and contemporary sports culture.Evans, Christopher Hodge is the author of 'Faith of Fifty Million Baseball, Religion, and American Culture', published 2002 under ISBN 9780664223052 and ISBN 0664223052.
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