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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)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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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