Religion and the Rise of Sport in England

ISBN-13: 9780192859983 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 320 str.

Emeritus Profess Hugh (Emeritus Professor of Church History

Opis

Both religion and sport can inspire great loyalty and shape identities. They have often been in competition for people's time and money but can also be mutually supportive. This book follows the changing nature of their relationship in England from 1800 to the present day, with a focus on Christianity but also considering Judaism and Islam.

Recenzje

immensely fascinating...astonishingly wide-ranging... Here is a work unlikely to be soon surpassed. John Pridmore, Church Times

O autorze

Hugh McLeod is Emeritus Professor of Church History at the University of Birmingham. He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society 2002-3 and of CIHEC (international organisation of historians of Christianity) 2005-10. He has held visiting positions at the Universities of Amsterdam, Uppsala, Münster, Mainz, and Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies and received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Lund and Helsinki and the Open University. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy 2008.