The prophetic dimension of sport / Terry Shoemaker, editor.

Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]

Series:

SpringerBriefs in religious studies. Briefs in religion and sport.
SpringerBriefs in religious studies. Briefs in religion and sport

Format/Description:

Book
vii, 57 pages ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Sports -- Religious aspects.
Prophecy.

Contents:

On prophetic resistance: an introduction / Terry Shoemaker
Sport and social change: the prophetic dimension / Eric Bain-Selbo
Who is the prophet? Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and the integration of baseball / Rebecca Alpert
The black prophetic fire of Colin Kaepernick / Jeffrey Scholes
Running the prophetic point: basketball, Black Lives Matter, and prophetic imagination / Terry Shoemaker
Postures of prophetic action in American sports / Joseph L. Price.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contributor:

Shoemaker, Terry, editor.

ISBN:

9783030022921
3030022927
9783030022938

OCLC:

1082259464

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