Background
Price, Joseph Llewellyn was born on July 17, 1949 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of George Norman and Elizabeth Anne (Cooper) Price.
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Rounding the Bases: Baseball and Religion in America (Sports and Religion)
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After identifying early conflicts between churches and baseball in the late-nineteenth century, Price examines the appropriation of baseball by the House of David, an early twentieth-century millennial Protestant community in southern Michigan. Turning then from historical intersections between baseball and religion, two chapters focus on the ways that baseball reflects religious myths. First, the omphalos myth about the origin and ordering of the world is reflected in the rituals and rules of the game. Then the myth of curses is explored in the culture of superstition that underlies the game. At the heart of the book is a sustained argument about how baseball functions as an American civil religion, affirming and sanctifying American identity, especially during periods of national crises such as wars and terrorist attacks. Building on this analysis of baseball as an American civil religion, two chapters draw upon novels by W. P. Kinsella and David James Duncan to explore the sacramental potential of baseball and to align baseball with apocalyptic possibilities. The final chapter serves as a full confession, interpreting baseball affiliation stories as conversion narratives. In various ways Rounding the Bases charts new territory in the literature about baseball and religion. Unlike previous works (such as The Faith of Fifty Million) that merely assert that baseball, as the national pastime, is an American civil religion, or others (such as And God Said, “Play Ball”) that draw parallels between the Bible and baseball, this book develops a sustained sociological argument for the conclusion that baseball is “a distinct denomination of American civil religion.”
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Rounding the Bases: Baseball And Religion in America (Sports and Religion) by Price, Joseph L. (2006) Hardcover
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From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion by Price, Joseph L. (2004) Paperback
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From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion
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In From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion, nine scholars of religion and theology explore the relationship between religion and sports in American popular culture and the role of sports as religion.
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New & Enlarged Handbook of Christian Theology: Revised Edition
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An up-to-date and expanded version of a trusted textbook. The New & Enlarged Handbook of Christian Theology brings the information up to date and provides more than 30 additional articles. The list of contributors to this new edition broadens the inclusiveness of the denominational and ethnic representation of the author pool. This handbook provides thorough introductory articles on important themes in Christianity today. With cross references and select bibliographies, it is an indispensable reference source for students and professors.
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New & Enlarged Handbook of Christian Theology by Joseph Price, Donald W Musser Paperback
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New & Enlarged Handbook of Christian TheologyJoseph Price, Donald W Musser
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Joseph Llewellyn Price
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, Georgetown College, 1971. Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1974. AM, University Chicago, 1979.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1982.
Career
Associate pastor First Baptist Church, Mount Sterling, Kentucky, 1968-1971. Minister music Rolling Fields Baptist Church, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 1972-1974. Lecturer University Chicago, 1981-1982.
Professor religious studies Whittier (California) College, since 1982. Visiting lecturer University California, Riverside, 1985. Chair faculty Whittier College, 1992-1994, faculty master, 1992-1998.
Commissioner Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Whittier, 1990-1992.
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Rounding the Bases: Baseball and Religion in America (Sports and Religion)
( After identifying early conflicts between churches and ...)
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From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion
(In From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion, ni...)
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New & Enlarged Handbook of Christian Theology by Joseph Price, Donald W Musser Paperback
(New & Enlarged Handbook of Christian TheologyJoseph Price...)
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New & Enlarged Handbook of Christian Theology: Revised Edition
( An up-to-date and expanded version of a trusted textboo...)
- Rounding the Bases: Baseball And Religion in America (Sports and Religion) by Price, Joseph L. (2006) Hardcover
- From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion by Price, Joseph L. (2004) Paperback
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Rounding the Bases: Baseball and Religion in America (Sports and Religion)
Membership
Sponsor student chapter Amnesty International, Whittier, 1994—1998, Habitat for Humanity, Whittier, 1996—1998. Board directors Whittier Area Chamber of Commerce, 2005—2006, Young Men’s Christian Association, 2006—2008. Adult classes teacher First Methodist Church, Whittier, 1983—2011.
Cultural arts chair City of Whittier, 2003—2011. Member of North America Paul Tillich Society, Society for the Study of Southern Literature, Society for the Study of Religion, Popular Culture Association, American Studies Association, American Academy Religion.
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Married Bonnie Louise George, April 7, 1973. Children: Jared Nathan, David Norman.
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American
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1968 - 1971
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1972 - 1974
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1982