This volume views human existence from various perspectives and asks what its purpose is. The underlying thesis is that humans are creatures of relationships. Any anthropology that fails to take this fact seriously will of necessity remain abstract. Instead the authors are interested in how different academic disciplines describe the variety of relationships in human life, taking into account their ethical and theological dimensions.

Sports raise a host of ethical questions and problems. This study presents sports ethics using as its ethical model the dignity of man who is created in the image of God, and applies this model productively to ethical questions in sports. It includes exemplary discussions on contemporary issues, including doping, gender ratios, environmental protection, politicization, commercialization, and sports as a possible venue for ethical education.