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Sports and Christianity : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.
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 to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | Routledge research in sport, culture and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Sports and Christianity; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Historical Perspectives on Sport and Christianity; 1 Sports and Christianity: Mapping the Field; 2 Was St. Paul a Sports Enthusiast?Realism and Rhetoric in Pauline Athletic Metaphors; 3 Sport and Religion in England, c. 1790-1914; 4 Harvesting Souls in the Stadium:The Rise of Sports Evangelism; 5 Stereotypes and Archetypes in Religion and American Sport; PART II Contemporary Perspectives on Sport and Christianity.
- 6 Special Olympians as a 'Prophetic Sign'to the Modern Sporting Babel7 The Technoscience Enhancement Debate in Sports:What's Religion Got to Do with It?; 8 The Quest for Perfection in the Sport of Baseball:The Magnanimous Individual or the Magnanimous Team?; 9 The Vatican's Game Plan for MaximizingSport's Educational Potential; 10 Hard-Won Sporting Achievements andSpiritual Humility: Are They Compatible?; Contributors; Index.