Games People Play

Theology, Religion, and Sport

AvRobert Ellis

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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An exploration of modern sport as a theologically significant activity, revealing sport's own quasi-religious aspects and its complex history with Christianity.In 'The Games People Play', Robert Ellis constructs a theology around the global cultural phenomenon of modern sport, paying particular attention to its British and American manifestations. Using historical narrative and social analysis to enter the debate on sport as religion, Ellis shows that modern sport may be said to have taken on some of the functions previously vested in organized religion. Through biblical and theological reflection, he presents a practical theology of sport's appeal and value, with special attention to the theological concept of transcendence. Throughout, he draws on original empirical work with sports participants and spectators.'The Games People Play' addresses issues often considered problematic in theological discussions of sport such as gender, race, consumerism, and the role of the modern media, as well as problems associated with excessive competition and performance-enhancing substances.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-11-27
Mått:153 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:449 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Lutterworth Press
Antal sidor:334
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780718893712

Utforska kategorier

Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Sportböcker inom Sport, fritid och hobby

Mer om författaren

Robert Ellis is Principal of Regent's Park College, Oxford, and a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion in the University of Oxford.

Recensioner i media

Ellis convincingly argues that humans at play reach outward and upward, signifying and participating in God toward our playful destiny. Ellis moves deftly between historical considerations of sports and thick descriptions of sport practitioner and spectator motivations, attitudes, and experiences; analysis of theological themes (sin and salvation); and contemporary social, moral, economic, and political matters which Christians must examine as citizens whose loyalty is ultimately to God's will and way on earth as it is in heaven.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: A Grandstand View at the Cotswold Olimpicks1 Reaching for the Heavens: A (Very) Brief History of Religion and SportSacred Sport?"Keeping Company with the Devil"?Conversion to Sport?Conclusion2 A Question of Sport: Sport in Contemporary SocietySport and BusinessSport and the MediaSport and ConsumerismSport and GenderSport and EthnicitySport and PoliticsConclusion3 1851 and All That: Losing My Religion?Sundays: "the Lord's day" or "a day at Lord's"?Religion and Sport in the UK: What the Numbers Tell UsAmerican Exceptionalism: Sport and ReligionSport and the Functions of ReligionConclusion4 Play and Sport: Initial Theological ExplorationsDefining "Play" and "Sport"Sport in the Bible? Paul's Sporting ImageryGod the Creator: Deus Ludens and the Game of LovePlayful Wisdom: Proverbs, the Song of Songs, and EcclesiastesSabbaths and Festivals: Playful RestPlay, "Signal of Transcendence"The End of Play5 "A Matter of Life and Death"? Playing and WinningWhy Play Sport? What the Players SayWhy Play Sport? Sociocultural FactorsWhy Play Sport? Sport and "Religious Experience"Why Winning MattersAbusing Ourselves to Win: Competition's Dark Side?Deus Ludens, Deus Victor: God the Winner6 "To Boldly Go": Sport as Divine Encounter?Imago Dei: Further ThoughtsTranscendence and the TranscendentVicarious SportSin and Salvation in Sport?Conclusion: "The Theology Behind All Cultural Expressions"HighlightsSome Loose EndsConcluding Observations on a Practical Theology of SportBibliographyName and Subject IndexScripture Index