The games people play : theology, religion, and sport / Robert Ellis.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: xii, 323 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1608998908
  • 9781608998906
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV 706.42 .E55 2014
Contents:
Introduction: A grandstand view at the Cotswold Olimpicks -- Reaching for the heavens : a (very) brief history of religion and sport -- A question of sport : sport in contemporary society -- 1851 and all that : losing my religion? -- Play and sport : initial theological explorations -- "A matter of life and death?" : playing and winning -- "To boldly go" : sport as divine encounter? -- Conclusion: "The theology behind all cultural expressions."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and indexes.

Introduction: A grandstand view at the Cotswold Olimpicks -- Reaching for the heavens : a (very) brief history of religion and sport -- A question of sport : sport in contemporary society -- 1851 and all that : losing my religion? -- Play and sport : initial theological explorations -- "A matter of life and death?" : playing and winning -- "To boldly go" : sport as divine encounter? -- Conclusion: "The theology behind all cultural expressions."

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