Tuning Into the Gospel: How the Growth of Sports Television Popularized Public Prayer Among Athletes

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dc.contributor.advisorHanson, Christopheren_US
dc.contributor.authorGoldenbach, Alan M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentJournalismen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-10T05:44:28Z
dc.date.available2012-07-10T05:44:28Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractWhether the game is played among friends in a community park or in front of tens of thousands inside a packed stadium with millions more watching on television worldwide, prayer has become an omnipresent tool for athletes of all ages and skill levels. No longer do players invoke their spirituality in private or among themselves off the field; they do it in front of whoever is watching. While the ties between religion and sports date to ancient times, the public display of their union has become a phenomenon in the current generation. This book proposal will trace how public prayer among athletes has evolved. It will ultimately show that the boon of sports television programming over that span has given athletes a platform to use as a pulpit, while also exposing viewers to content they had not previously received through other mass media.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12838
dc.subject.pqcontrolledJournalismen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledReligionen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAmerican studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledprayeren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledreligionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsportsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtelevisionen_US
dc.titleTuning Into the Gospel: How the Growth of Sports Television Popularized Public Prayer Among Athletesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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