The Problem of Pleasure: Sport, Recreation and the Crisis of Victorian Religion
- ISBN-10
- 1843835282
- ISBN-13
- 9781843835288
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Author
- Dominic Erdozain
Description
The book combines intellectual, cultural and social history to address a major area of encounter between Christianity and British culture: the world of leisure.
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Other editions
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- 2002-03-01
- 26 pages
- Paperback
- Soli Deo Gloria Ministries
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