Theology, Disability and Sport: Social Justice Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780815378976 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 154 str.

Nick J. Watson; Kevin Hargaden; Brian Brock

Opis

This ground-breaking book provides fascinating insights into the fast-emerging body of research that examines the relationship between sport, theology and disability within a social justice framework. The chapters originally published in the Journal of Disability and Religion and Quest.

O autorze

Nick J. Watson is Associate Professor Sport and Social JusticeatYork St John University, UK. His research and practice is interdisciplinary and is accessible to a wide audience and broadly focuses on issues surrounding ‘social justice’ in sport, in particular, the relationship between sport and Christianity. Nick is also a Trustee of The Island, York, UK, a charity that provides mentoring services for vulnerable children. Kevin Hargaden is the Social Theologian for the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, in Dublin, Ireland. In that role, he theologically reflects on social issues, with a particular focus on housing, penal reform, environmental care, and economic justice, with a view towards policy change in Ireland. He is the editor of the recent book, co-written by Brian Brock and Stanley Hauerwas, entitled Beginnings: Interrogating Hauerwas (2016). He is a guest editor of the Journal of Disability& Religion. Brian BrockisReader inMoral and Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, UK