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Football: A lens to understand the world’s religion, politics, and economy.
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The Football Paradox
religion, nationalism and globalization
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224 pages
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4 March 2026
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Summary
The Beautiful Game: Football as a Lens to Our World
By examining football, and exploring the religious, economic, and political forces that interact with the sport, this book argues that this global game becomes a prism through which we can view and understand the world we inhabit.
With over three billion fans in the world, football has a larger following than either Christianity or Islam, the world’s two largest religions, and in this book, Aaron W. Hughes …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350527379 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350527378 |
| Author: | Aaron W. Hughes |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 4 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Aaron W. Hughes
Aaron W. Hughes is the Philip S. Bernstein Chair in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester, USA.
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