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Sports and Christianity - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,641
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Sports and Christianity - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Hardcover): Nick J. Watson, Andrew Parker

Sports and Christianity - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Hardcover)

Nick J. Watson, Andrew Parker

Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

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This interdisciplinary text examines the sports-Christianity interface from Protestant and Catholic perspectives. In addition to a "systematic review of literature," field-pioneering contributors such as Michael Novak, Shirl Hoffman, Joseph Price and Robert Higgs address a wide range of topics from the sporting world, including biblical athletic metaphors, disability, evangelism, professionalism and celebrity, humility and pride, genetic enhancement technologies, stereotypes, sport as art and British and American historical analyses of sport and Christianity. Insightful chapters from Scott Kretchmar, one of the world's leading philosophers of sport, and Father Kevin Lixey, the head of the Vatican's 'Church and Sport' office (2004-), add further depth and breadth to this book, making it accessible and interesting to academic and practitioner audiences alike. Within the context of this relatively new and rapidly expanding area of inquiry, this collection provides a unique and important addition to the current literature for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and serves as a point of reference for scholars of theology and religious studies, psychology, health studies, ethics and sports studies. The book may also be of interest to physical educators and sports coaches who wish to adopt a more "holistic" and ethical approach to their work. As modern sport is often intertwined with commercial and political agendas, this book offers an important corrective to the "win-at-all-costs" culture of modern sport, which cannot be fully understood through secular ethical inquiry.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Release date: October 2012
First published: 2013
Editors: Nick J. Watson • Andrew Parker
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-89922-2
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian social thought & activity
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian social thought & activity
Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian social thought & activity
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LSN: 0-415-89922-2
Barcode: 9780415899222

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