Religion and Sport in North America

Introduction Part 1 Evangelicalism and Sport 1 "There Is Talk of Black Power": Christian Athletes and the Revolt of the Black Athlete 2 "The Greatest Christian Movie of All Time": 300 and Spartan Masculinity as Cultural Repertoire in Christian Mixed Martial Arts and Beyond 3 Forgiving Freeze: Jerry Falwell Jr., Donald Trump, and the Making of Liberty University Football Part 2 Sport as a Religio-cultural Vehicle 4 Structuring Sports, Structuring Community: The Islamic Society of Chester County Debates a Basketball Court 5 Desiring "Deep Community": Formations of Soccer and Evangelical Christianity in the British Columbia Christian Soccer League 6 Sport, Religion, and Absence: The Subfield of Religion and Sport as an Explanatory Tool for the Moment Part 3 Religion, Sport, and the Market 7 Foucault for Heisman: College Football and the Liturgies of Power 8 "Be More Human": CrossFit, Reebok, and Sporting Consumerism 9 Fandom Transfigured: Fantasy Football as Neoliberal Religion Part 4 Religion and Sport through a Racial Frame 10 Ted Corbitt: The Once-forgotten and Now-remembered Pioneer of American Distance Running 11 Savage Symbols: Native American Mascots in the USA 12 Race, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, and Religious Realism 13 ?Dios Bendiga Whose America? Resisting the Ritual Theologizing of Nation Postscript: White Hauntings, Black Hoops: The Ghosts of Kyrie Irving