Violence in Southern Sport and Culture

This book discusses violence and its connection with religion, sport and popular culture.It highlights the religious dimensions of violence and the role of violence in the religionand culture of the American South. Extending into popular culture, it then makes the casethat sport-particularly American football-is a cultural phenomenon in the South with closeties with religion and violence, and that American football has come to play a central rolein the civil religion of the South, fueled in part by its violent nature. The book concludesby drawing important lessons from this case study-lessons that help us to see both religionand sport in a new light.