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Violence in Southern Sport and Culture

Sacred Battles on the Gridiron

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Authors:
  1. Eric Bain-Selbo

    1. Department of Philosophy and Religion, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, USA

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  • Is the first-ever study of the important links between violence, religion, sport and popular culture
  • Challenges readers to see religious violence and its connections to popular culture in a new light
  • Exemplifies interdisciplinary work, presenting research spanning multiple disciplines
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies (BRIEFSRESTU)

Part of the book sub series: Briefs in Religion and Sport (SBRS)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. First Quarter: Theoretical Approaches to Religious Violence

    • Eric Bain-Selbo
    Pages 1-14

  3. Second Quarter: Violence and American Football

    • Eric Bain-Selbo
    Pages 15-20

  4. Third Quarter: College Football in the American South

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    Pages 21-36

  5. Fourth Quarter: Conclusions

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    Pages 37-45

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 47-53
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About this book

This book discusses violence and its connection with religion, sport and popular culture. It highlights the religious dimensions of violence and the role of violence in the religion and culture of the American South. Extending into popular culture, it then makes the case that sport—particularly American football—is a cultural phenomenon in the South with close ties with religion and violence, and that American football has come to play a central role in the civil religion of the South, fueled in part by its violent nature. The book concludes by drawing important lessons from this case study—lessons that help us to see both religion and sport in a new light.
 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy and Religion, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, USA

    Eric Bain-Selbo

About the author



Eric Bain-Selbo is the Department Head – Philosophy and Religion at Western Kentucky University and Executive Director of the Society for Values in Higher Education. His research spans the disciplines of philosophy and religious studies, focusing primarily on social ethics, political philosophy, comparative religion, cultural criticism, and issues in higher education. He has authored numerous articles and four books, including Game Day and God: Football, Faith, and Politics in the American South (2009) and Understanding Sport as a Religious Phenomenon: An Introduction (co-authored with D. Gregory Sapp, 2016).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Violence in Southern Sport and Culture

  • Book Subtitle: Sacred Battles on the Gridiron

  • Authors: Eric Bain-Selbo

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50059-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50058-4Published: 15 December 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50059-1Published: 30 November 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2510-5035

  • Series E-ISSN: 2510-5043

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 53

  • Topics: Sociology of Religion, Religion and Society, Secularism

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