With the glut of sport we Australians have had recently – Footie finals, Ashes, NRL etc, I’ve been thinking a bit about sport as religion. Does anyone know of any good books on this topic – especially as it relates to us sport mad Aussies?

Response:

Try Tony Carroll, Ego and Soul: The Modern West in Search of Meaning,

He’s a sociologist working out of Latrobe Uni.

For a review of the book go to;

http://www.sof-in-australia.org/egonsoul.htm

For a brief overview of its sport & religion theme go to;

http://www.sof-in-australia.org/sporting.htm

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