Global Perspectives on Sports and Christianity

ISBN-13: 9781138828520 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 304 str.

Afe Adogame; Nick J. Watson; Andrew Parker

Opis

This book provides a major contribution to the religious and theological study of sport. It explores the dialectical relationship between sport and Christianity across diverse global cultures, extending beyond a Western perspective of Christianity. It contains contributions from leading experts within the field to provide ethnographic, theoretical and theological reflections on sport in Africa, Australasia, Asia and Europe. Its chapters also examine violent sports such as boxing and mixed martial arts from a Christian standpoint, as well as reflecting on sporting celebrity and the theology of disability sport.

Recenzje

"The book is a welcome contribution to the literature on sport and Christianity. The wide range of topics covered means that there is something for everyone which an interest in the general subject in the book." - Jonathan Edwards, Verite Sport

Spis treści

Foreword  Introduction  Part I: Some Transdisciplinary Considerations  1. Challenging the Secular Bias in the Sociology of Sport: Scratching the Surface of Christian Approaches to Sociology  2. Sports in the Biblical Narrative  Part II: Non-Western Perspectives on Sport and Christianity  3. Interreligious Football: Christianity, African Tradition and the Religion of Football in South Africa  4. Soccer Fandom as Catechism: Practices of the Sacred among Young Men in Argentina  5. Soccer Victory Authorized by the Gods: Prophecy, Popular Memory and the Peculiarities of Place  6. The Church and FIFA World Cup in Ghana: A Gender Perspective  7. Religion and Sport in Multireligious Nigeria: The Case of Kaduna City Interfaith Football Club  8. Spirituality and Martial Arts: ‘Fitting’ in the Life-World  9. Playing and Praying in the Premiership: Public Display of Beliefs in English Football  Part III: Western Perspectives on Sport and Christianity  10. Sport, Society, Religion and the Church of Scotland  11. Protestantism and Sport in the "Bible Belt" of Norway in the First Half of the 20th Century  12. Sport, Celebrity and Religion: Christianity, Morality and the Tebow Phenomenon  13. Church, Sports and Tragedy: Religion and Rituals of Public Mourning in the Glasgow Ibrox Disasters of 1902 and 1971  14. Sport and Christianity in American Cinema: ‘the beloved grew fat and kicked’ (Deuteronomy 32:15)  15. Christianity, Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts: Reflections on Morality, Vocation and Well-Being  16. Hillsborough and the Church of England