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Can I read Sports and Christianity: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society) on EtoBox?
Sports and Christianity: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society) by Nick J. Watson and Andrew Parker is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sports and Christianity: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society) about?
This interdisciplinary text examines the sports-Christianity interface from Protestant and Catholic perspectives. In addition to a "systematic review of literature," the contributors, who include many of the pioneers in the field, address a wide range of topics. These include biblical athletic metaphors, disability, evangelism, professionalism and celebrity, humility, the Vatican's perspective on sport and genetic enhancement technologies.
Who reads Sports and Christianity: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Nick J. Watson and Andrew Parker
- Publisher
- New York: Routledge
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781138920576
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Christian, Anthropology, Sports
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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