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Sunday: A History of the First Day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl

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The mere mention of “Sunday” will immediately conjure up a rich mix of memories, associations, and ideas for most any person of any age. Whatever we think of-be it attending church, reading a bulky newspaper, eating brunch, or watching football-Sunday occupies a unique place in Western civilization. But how did we come to have a day with this sort of singular set of traditions?

Here, historian Craig Harline examines Sunday from its ancient beginnings to latest The usa in a captivating blend of stories and analysis. For the earliest Christians, the first day of the week was once a time to celebrate the liturgy, observe the Resurrection, and work. But through the years, Sunday in the Western world took on still other meanings and rituals, especially in the addition of both rest and recreation to the day’s activities. Harline illuminates these changes in enlightening profiles of Sunday in medieval Catholic England, Sunday in the Reformation, and Sunday in nineteenth-century France-home of the most envied and infrequently despised Sunday of the modern world. He continues with moving portraits of soldiers and civilians trying to observe Sunday throughout World War I, examines the quiet Sunday of England in the 1930s, and concludes with the convergence of more than a few European traditions in the American Sunday, which also adds some distinctly original habits of its own, such as in the realms of commerce and professional sports.

With engaging prose and scholarly integrity, Sunday is an entertaining and long-overdue look at a significant hallmark of Western culture.

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