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Faith of Our Fathers
Liverpool supporter Alan Edge grew up in an environment where life-long team loyalties were embedded in working class culture. This is a personal story which voices the concerns of fans who feel the game they grew up with is being eroded by commercial exploitation. author: Edge, Alan; publisher: Mainstream Pub.Co.
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Faith of Our Fathers
In previous writings, Professor Duffy has wrestled with the problems of being a Christian and a Catholic in the modern world. In this text he sets out the key issues, to his mind, for any intelligent person who needs to make sense of being a Catholic today. author: Duffy, Eamon; publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
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Mainstream Publishing Co Ltd Faith of Our Fathers: Football as a Religion (Mainstream Sport)
Alan Edge's <I>Faith Of Our Fathers</I> follows in the tradition of Nick Hornby's <I>Fever Pitch</I>, investigating the bond between football supporters and the teams they support. Where Hornby followed Arsenal and recounted the intertwined stories of his life and fandom, Edge draws on his experiences as a lifelong Liverpool supporter to explore the analogy of football as a religion. With chapters entitled baptism, indoctrination, confirmation, communion, confession and penance, the author leaves no-one in any doubt of the idea he is trying to put across. <p>According to the words of the late Bill Shankly, the first great Liverpool manager, football is more important than life or death. Merseyside certainly stands as one of the bastions of the game where Shankly's words often seem true, and clearly something of this rubbed off on Edge. And as metaphors go, religion and football do appear to have plenty in common, if only from the fan's point of view.<p>As the author describes his years of loyal support, the reader can soon see the indoctrination undergone by many a youngster (usually at the hands of an enthusiastic parent), or the similarity between penance and cold, rainy away evening fixtures at the other end of the country (in all likelihood ending in a scoreless draw or one-nil defeat). While the average Liverpool supporter has probably seen more of the extremes in the last 20 years than most others, the idea is still the same. And so the point is rammed home. Nonetheless, many fans will share Edge's concerns for the state of a game, in which traditional values are waging a one-sided battle against a commercial onslaught. Say a little prayer for the greatest game. --<I>Trevor Crowe</I>
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Continuum International Publishing Group - Academi Faith of Our Fathers (Continuum Icons S.)
Pages: 200, Paperback, Continuum International Publishing Group - Academi
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