TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krattenmaker,Thomas G.
TI  - Onward Christian athletes: turning ballparks into pulpits and players into preachers 
SN  - 9780742562479 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - GV706.42 .K73 2009
U1  - 201/.6796 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
KW  - Sports
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Christian athletes
KW  - United States
KW  - Christianity and culture
N1  - 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
ER  -