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McGwire's blast brings redemption: baseball is linked to history, religion, professor asserts.(Mark McGwire; baseball and spirituality; Prof. Robert Elias)(Cover Story)(Brief Article)
From:
National Catholic Reporter
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September 18, 1998| Author:
Schaeffer, Pamela
| COPYRIGHT 1998 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Univ. of San Francisco Prof. Robert Elias calls baseball a liturgical ceremony that reveals several aspects of American life and cutlure. He analyzes the significance of the nation's fascination with the mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa home run chase.
Baseball is linked to history, religion, professor asserts
It was a redemptive, celebratory moment, a return to innocence, wiping clean for one joyous moment our nation's slate of sins: the tawdriness of this season's politics, th...
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