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Baseball As a Road to God : Seeing Beyond the Game
by Schwartz, Peter J., Oliphant, Thomas, Sexton, John
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- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1592407544
- ISBN 13
- 9781592407545
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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Synopsis
A love letter to America's most beloved sport and an exploration of the deeper dimensions it reveals For more than a decade, New York University President John Sexton has used baseball to illustrate the elements of a spiritual life in a wildly popular course at NYU. Using some of the great works of baseball fiction as well as the actual game's fantastic moments, its legendary characters, and its routine rituals—from the long-sought triumph of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers, to the heroic achievements of players like the saintly Christy Mathewson and the sinful Ty Cobb, to the loving intimacy of a game of catch between a father and son—Sexton teaches that through the game we can touch the spiritual dimension of life. Baseball as a Road to God is about the elements of our lives that lie beyond what can be captured in words alone—ineffable truths that we know by experience rather than by logic or analysis. Applying to the secular activity of baseball a form of inquiry usually reserved for the study of religion, Sexton reveals a surprising amount of common ground between the game and what we all recognize as religion: sacred places and time, faith and doubt, blessings and curses, and more. In thought-provoking, beautifully rendered prose, this book elegantly demonstrates that baseball is more than a game, or even a national pastime: It can be a road to a deeper and more meaningful life.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3936166-75
- Title
- Baseball As a Road to God : Seeing Beyond the Game
- Author
- Schwartz, Peter J., Oliphant, Thomas, Sexton, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 1592407544
- ISBN 13
- 9781592407545
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2013-03-07
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