God In The Stadium: Sports and Religion in America (Cambridge Studies in French; 54)
"The culmination of a lifetime of observation and concern about the increasingly pervasive influence of sport on American culture, the book is personal and passionate, almost polemical in its concern with the symbiotic relationship reach, and its effort to synthesize sport and religion in the public values and private rituals of American life." -- Florida Historical Quarterly"A thoughtful history and analysis of the ways sports and religion have become intertwined." -- Impact"Higgs provides valuable between evangelical religion and competitive athletics." -- Journal of American History"The virtue of this study is its broad interpretations about the place American sports has occupied in the university, the military, and in the politics." -- Culture, Sport, Society