{"product_id":"skateboarding-and-religion-paul-oconnor-9783030248567","title":"Skateboarding and Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the ways in which religion is observed, performed, and organised in skateboard culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on scholarship from the sociology of religion and the cultural politics of lifestyle sports, this work combines ethnographic research with media analysis to argue that the rituals of skateboarding provide participants with a rich cultural canvas for emotional and spiritual engagement. Paul O'Connor contends that religious identification in skateboarding is set to increase as participants pursue ways to both control and engage meaningfully with an activity that has become an increasingly mainstream and institutionalised sport. Religion is explored through the themes of myth, celebrity, iconography, pilgrimage, evangelism, cults, and self-help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030248569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030248567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.00d","brand":"Paul O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073520431359,"sku":"9783030248567","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3597a37-aed3-43d8-81b4-5bcf3dc9ab16.jpg?v=1685448307","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/skateboarding-and-religion-paul-oconnor-9783030248567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}