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Global perspectives on sports and Christianity
Title
Global perspectives on sports and Christianity / edited by Afe Adogame, Nick J. Watson and Andrew Parker.
ISBN
9781138828520
1138828521
9781315738352
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Physical Description
xvii, 285 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
"While the relationship between sport and religion is deeply rooted in history, it continues to play a profound role in shaping modern-day societies. This edited collection provides an inter-disciplinary exploration of this relationship from a global perspective, making a major contribution to the religious, social scientific and theological study of sport. It discusses the dialectical interplay between sport and Christianity across diverse cultures, extending beyond a Western perspective to include studies from Africa, South America and Asia, as well as Europe, the UK and the US. Containing contributions from leading experts within the field, it reflects on key topics including race, gender, spirituality, morality, interfaith sport clubs, and the significance of sport in public rituals of celebration and mourning. Its chapters also examine violent sports such as boxing and mixed martial arts, as well as reflecting on the cult of sporting celebrity and the theology of disability sport. Truly international in scope, Global Perspectives on Sports and Christianity is fascinating reading for all those interested in the study of sport, sociology and religion" Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 14, 2018
Series
Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 91
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Robert Ellis
Introduction / Afe Adogame, Nick J. Watson, Andrew Parker
Part I: Some transdisciplinary considerations
Challenging the secular bias in the sociology of sport : scratching the surface of Christian approaches to sociology / Tom Gibbons
Sports in the Biblical narrative / Jeremy Treat
Part II: Non-Western perspectives on sport and Christianity
Interreligious football : Christianity, African tradition and the religion of football in South Africa / David Chidester
Soccer fandom as catechism : practices of the sacred among young men in Argentina / Eloisa Martin
Soccer victory authorized by the gods : prophecy, popular memory and the peculiarities of place / Olutayo Adesina
The church and FIFA World Cup in Ghana : a gender perspective / Rose Mary Amenga-Etego
Religion and sport in multireligious Nigeria : the case of Kaduna City Interfaith Football Club / Corey Williams
Spirituality and martial arts : fitting in the life-world / Jonathan Tuckett
Playing and praying in the premiership : public display of beliefs in English football / Abel Ugba
Part III: Western perspectives on sport and Christianity
Sport, society, religion and the Church of Scotland / Grant Jarvie
Protestantism and sport in the Bible belt of Norway in the first half of the 20th century / Nils Martinius Justvik
Sport, celebrity and religion : Christianity, morality and the Tebow phenomenon / Andrew Parker, Nick Watson
Church, sports and tragedy : religion and rituals of public mourning in the Glasgow Ibrox disasters of 1902 and 1971 / James Deming
Sport and Christianity in American cinema : the beloved grew fat and kicked (Deuteronomy 32:15) / Seán Crosson
Christianity, boxing and mixed martial arts : reflections on morality, vocation and well-being / Nick Watson, Brian Brock
Hillsborough and the Church of England / James Jones.
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