Onward Christian athletes : turning ballparks into pulpits and players into preachers /
Krattenmaker, Thomas G., 1943-
Onward Christian athletes : turning ballparks into pulpits and players into preachers / Tom Krattenmaker. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009. - vi, 221 p. ; 24 cm.
On any Justice Sunday : evangelicals, pro sports, and the (conservative) campaign for Jesus -- A cross on the logo : representing for God in the high-drama, high-profile world of major league sports -- Faith coach : discipling athletes for a roster spot on God's team -- Winning for Jesus (but finding him in the loss column) : the tricky relationship between evangelism and sports success -- Church at the ballpark : baseball chapel and its exclusive theology in an age of growing religious diversity -- Coors Field to eternity : faith days in major league baseball -- For God, country, and the Republican Party : the conservative politics of Jesus' pro sports warriors -- Domesticated Christianity : the political acquiescence of African American Christians in sports -- A match made in heaven or hell : the dissonance between the values of Christianity and the values of big-time sports -- The salvation of sports : getting it right in an emerging new era of faith in sports.
9780742562479 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442201293 (electronic)
2009027159
Sports--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian athletes--United States.
Christianity and culture--United States.
GV706.42 / .K73 2009
201/.6796
Onward Christian athletes : turning ballparks into pulpits and players into preachers / Tom Krattenmaker. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009. - vi, 221 p. ; 24 cm.
On any Justice Sunday : evangelicals, pro sports, and the (conservative) campaign for Jesus -- A cross on the logo : representing for God in the high-drama, high-profile world of major league sports -- Faith coach : discipling athletes for a roster spot on God's team -- Winning for Jesus (but finding him in the loss column) : the tricky relationship between evangelism and sports success -- Church at the ballpark : baseball chapel and its exclusive theology in an age of growing religious diversity -- Coors Field to eternity : faith days in major league baseball -- For God, country, and the Republican Party : the conservative politics of Jesus' pro sports warriors -- Domesticated Christianity : the political acquiescence of African American Christians in sports -- A match made in heaven or hell : the dissonance between the values of Christianity and the values of big-time sports -- The salvation of sports : getting it right in an emerging new era of faith in sports.
9780742562479 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442201293 (electronic)
2009027159
Sports--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian athletes--United States.
Christianity and culture--United States.
GV706.42 / .K73 2009
201/.6796