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The gridiron gospel : faith and college football in twentieth-century America /

"From the game's early days, college football and a strain of muscular Christianity built a mutually reinforcing culture that taught lessons in America's dominant religious, gendered, and racial belief systems. Christians of many denominations embraced the game to shape and reshape th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hampton, Hunter M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2025]
Series:Sport and society.
Subjects:
Football > United States > History > 20th century.
College sports > Religious aspects > Christianity.
College athletes > Religious life > United States.
Electronic books.

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