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Image of From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion
Author: Joseph L. Price
Publisher: Mercer University Press (2000)
Binding: Hardcover, 240 pages
Image of Joy of Sports, Revised: Endzones, Bases, Baskets, Balls, and the Consecration of the American Spirit
Author: Michael Novak
Publisher: Madison Books (1993)
Binding: Paperback, 375 pages
Image of Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior
Author: Phil Jackson
Publisher: Hyperion (1996)
Binding: Paperback, 240 pages
Image of Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
Author: Johan Huizinga
Publisher: Beacon Press (1971)
Binding: Paperback, 240 pages

Music Played

Image of Diamond Cuts: Play Ball ( Vol. I)
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Hungry for Music
Image of Themes
Artist: Vangelis
Label: Polydor / Umgd
Image of Baseball's Greatest Hits II: Let's Play
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Image of Cobb
Artist: Elliot Goldenthal
Label: Sony
Image of Heart of the Heartland
Artist: Peter Ostroushko
Label: Red House
Image of Gone to Earth
Artist: David Sylvian
Label: EMI Import
Image of Appalachia Waltz
Artist: Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor
Label: Sony
Image of Howlin' at the Moon
Artist: Sam Bush
Label: Sugarhill

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    Joseph L. Price

    Price is C. Milo
    Connick Professor of Religious Studies at Whittier College in California. His books include From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion.

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