Playing for God : evangelical women and the unintended consequences of sports ministry / Annie Blazer.
When sports ministry first emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, its founders imagined male celebrity athletes as powerful salespeople who could deliver a message of Christian strength: "If athletes can endorse shaving cream, razor blades, and cigarettes, surely they can endorse the Lord, too,"...
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[2015]
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