O God of Players: The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs

Julie Byrne

Paper, 312 pages, 21 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-12749-3
$27.00 / £18.50

October, 2003
Cloth, 312 pages, 21 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-12748-6
$75.50 / £52.00

Introduction. Philadelphia Hoop and Catholic Fun

Chapter 1. Making the Team, Making Identity

Chapter 2. Practicing Basketball, Practicing Class

Chapter 3. Bodies in Basketball

Chapter 4. Praying for the Team

Chapter 5. Ladies of the Court

Chapter 6. Championships and Community

Postscript. Immaculata Basketball and U.S. Religious History

Appendix A. Immaculata College Basketball Survey

Appendix B. Surveys, Interviews, Correspondence, and Unpublished Memoirs

Related Subjects

• American Religion

Series

• Religion and American Culture

About the Author

Julie Byrne is an assistant professor of religion at Duke University. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.

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