{"product_id":"the-eternal-present-of-sport-daniel-a-grano-9781439912799","title":"The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion","description":"In his persuasive study \u003ci\u003eThe Eternal Present of Sport, \u003c\/i\u003eDaniel Grano rethinks the sport-religion relationship by positioning sport as a source of theological trouble. Focusing on bodies, time, movement, and memory, he demonstrates how negative theology can be practically and theoretically useful as a critique of elite televised sport. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Grano asserts that it is precisely through sport's highest religious ideals that controversies are taking shape and constituting points of political and social rupture. He examines issues of transcendence, \"legacy\"--e.g., \"greatest ever,\" or \"all-time\"--and \"witnessing\" through instant replay, which undermine institutional authority. Grano also reflects on elite athletes representing especially powerful embodiments of religious and social conflict, including around issues related to gender, sexuality, ability doping, traumatic brain injury, and institutional greed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elite sport is in a period of profound crisis. It is through the ideals Grano analyzes that we can imagine a radically alternative future for elite sport. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel A. Grano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439912793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439912799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018","brand":"Daniel A. Grano","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065586888959,"sku":"9781439912799","price":104.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d08cea79-487c-43dc-9ac7-aae5d376d4f1.jpg?v=1768675956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-eternal-present-of-sport-daniel-a-grano-9781439912799","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}