Introduction : More than a game : the faith of fifty million / Christopher H. Evans and William R. Herzog II
Baseball as civil religion : the genesis of an American creation story ; The kindom of baseball in America : the chronicle of an American theology / Christopher H. Evans
"Matty" and "Ol' Pete" : divergent American heroes / Donald K. McKim
The world of spirit or the world of sport? Figuring the numbers in Hemingway's The old man and the sea / C. Harold Hurley
From scapegoat to icon : the strange journey of Shoeless Joe Jackson / William R. Herzog II
Baseball's surprising moral example : Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, and the racial integration of America / Fred Glennon
A diamond is forever? Women, baseball, and a pitch for a radically inclusive community / Eleanor J. Stebner and Tracy J. Trothen
The coming of Elijah : baseball as metaphor / William R. Herzog II
Baseball : a spiritual reminiscence / Tex Sample
Conclusion : The faith of fifty million : a kingdom on Earth? / Christopher H. Evans and William R. Herzog II.