Where is God in sport? Two important entries have recently been made in the conversation on theology and sport (Lincoln Harvey's A Brief Theology of Sport and Robert Ellis' The Games People Play), but neither looks closely at the body itself. To fully understand sport and God's potential activity in sport, one must look carefully at the body, an obviously key element in all athletic pursuits. Here the two authors' contributions are compared and assessed and further thought for a more complete theology of sport is offered. Bridging off a theological anthropology of the unified person, without a separable soul or spirit, it is my contention that sport is a medium for refinement of the place-the actual body-where God can meet humankind, and therefore athletic activity is a valuable part of the spiritual life. Where is God in sport? Two important entries have recently been made in the conversation on theology and sport (Lincoln Harvey's A Brief Theology of Sport and Robert Ellis' The Games People Play), but neither looks closely at the body itself. To fully understand sport and God's potential activity in sport, one must look carefully at the body, an obviously key element in all athletic pursuits. Here the two authors' contributions are compared and assessed and further thought for a more complete theology of sport is offered. Bridging off a theological anthropology of the unified person, without a separable soul or spirit, it is my contention that sport is a medium for refinement of the place-the actual body-where God can meet humankind, and therefore athletic activity is a valuable part of the spiritual life.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2016
توصيف ظاهري
486-506
عنوان
International Journal of Public Theology
شماره جلد
10/4
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1569-7320
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اصطلاح موضوعی
athlete
اصطلاح موضوعی
body
اصطلاح موضوعی
General
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Jewish Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Philosophy, Theology & Science
اصطلاح موضوعی
play
اصطلاح موضوعی
Practical Theology
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religion & Society
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religious Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social Sciences
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sociology of Religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
sport
اصطلاح موضوعی
Theology and World Christianity
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