Touchdowns for Jesus and Other Signs of Apocalypse: Lifting the Veil on Big-Time Sports - Couverture souple

Mount Shoop, Marcia W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1620329190 ISBN 13 : 9781620329191

Editeur : Cascade Books, 2014

Synopsis

Why do sports matter so much to so many people? And why should we care? Far from being a distraction or a trivial pastime, sports tell us deep truths about ourselves. Big-time sports are a particularly potent mirror for humanity-reflecting both our promising possibilities and our demonic distortions. Theologian (and football coach's wife) Marcia Mount Shoop invites you to take a closer look at the hold that sports have on us. Touchdowns for Jesus takes you beneath the veil in some of the most challenging issues in sports today: fanaticism, sexism, racism, and abuse of power. And beneath the lifted veil you also encounter wisdom about how we can find our way back to what is most life-giving about sports. If you love sports, or if you just wonder why others do, Touchdowns for Jesus will give you a whole new way to view the games people play.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Rev. Marcia W. Mount Shoop, PhD, is the author of Let the Bones Dance: Embodiment and the Body of Christ (2010) and a blogger on faith, family, and football at www.marciamountshoop.com. She and her husband, Coach John Shoop, have been in the world of big-time sports for over twenty years.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cascade Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1620329190
• ISBN 13: 9781620329191
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 134
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible