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- Title: Holy Acceptable Violence? Violence in Hockey and Christian Atonement Theories (Report)
- Author : Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 219 KB
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Introduction [1]Several scholars have argued that organized sport functions as a religion or is, literally, a form of religion. Certainly hockey exhibits many characteristics of a religion: players are like gods and goddesses, or heroes and heroines; devoted followers ritually observe and participate in (with ecstatic responses) their chosen team's games; there are hockey shrines including a recent one honouring Maurice Rocket Richard at Canada's Museum of Civilization in Ottawa; and the Stanley Cup and other lesser awards are similar in terms of how they are regarded by some devotees to religious icons. (2) Considering that more than 4 million Canadians (out of a total population of approximately 31 million), not including fans, were involved in amateur hockey in 2002, (3) and that Hockey Night in Canada is the longest running show in the history of Canadian television, (4) if Canada has a sport that functions as a popular religion, it is hockey.
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