TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ellis,Robert
TI  - The games people play: theology, religion, and sport 
SN  - 1608998908
AV  - GV 706.42 .E55 2014
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Eugene, Oregon
PB  - Wipf & Stock
KW  - Sports
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Competition (Psychology)
N1  - 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."
ER  -