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Sports, Religion and Disability (Paperback)
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Sports, Religion and Disability (Paperback)
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This ground-breaking book provides a fascinating insight into the
relationship between sports (and leisure), religion and disability.
In the shadow of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, at
which athletes that were both able-bodied and disabled, provided an
extravaganza of sporting excellence and drama, this text is a
timely and important synthesis of ideas that have emerged in two
previously distinct areas of research: (i) 'disability sport' and
(ii) the 'theology of disability'. Many of the elite athletes at
this global sporting mega-event often explicitly displayed their
religious beliefs, and in turn their importance in the context of
sport, by observing different religious rituals, and or, utilising
the multi-faith sports chaplaincy service. This raises a whole
range of unanswered questions with regard to the intersections
between sports, religion and disability, which to-date has been
under- researched. Examples of subjects addressed in this text
include: elite physical disability sport--Paralympics; intellectual
disability sport--Special Olympics; reflections on the illness
narrative of the cyclist Lance Armstrong through the lens of the
theology of 'radical orthodoxy'; the application of biblical
athletic metaphors in understanding modern conceptions of
disability sport; the role of sport and spirituality in the
rehabilitation of injured British Military personnel, and; the
importance of sports and leisure in L'Arche communities. This book
begins a critical conversation on these topics, and many others,
for both researchers and practitioners. This book was based on two
special issues of the Journal of Religion, Disability and Health.
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