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100 1 _aEllis, Robert
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245 1 4 _aThe Games people play :
_btheology, religion and sport /
_cRobert Ellis.
264 1 _a[Place of publication not identified] :
_bWipf & Stock Publishers
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (336 pages,) :
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505 0 _aFront cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: A Grandstand View at the Cotswold Olimpicks; 1. Reaching for the Heavens: A (Very) Brief History of Religion and Sport; Sacred Sport?; "Keeping Company with the Devil"?; Conversion to Sport?; Conclusion; 2. A Question of Sport: Sport in Contemporary Society; Sport and Business; Sport and the Media; Sport and Consumerism; Sport and Gender; Sport and Ethnicity; Sport and Politics; Conclusion; 3. 1851 and All That: Losing My Religion?; Sundays: "the Lord's day" or "a day at Lord's"?
505 8 _aReligion and Sport in the UK: What the Numbers Tell UsAmerican Exceptionalism: Sport and Religion; Sport and the Functions of Religion; Conclusion; 4. Play and Sport: Initial Theological Explorations; Defining "Play" and "Sport"; Sport in the Bible? Paul's Sporting Imagery; God the Creator: Deus Ludens and the Game of Love; Playful Wisdom: Proverbs, the Song of Songs, and Ecclesiastes; Sabbaths and Festivals: Playful Rest; Play, "Signal of Transcendence"; The End of Play; 5. "A Matter of Life and Death"? Playing and Winning; Why Play Sport? What the Players Say.
505 8 _aWhy Play Sport? Sociocultural FactorsWhy Play Sport? Sport and "Religious Experience"; Why Winning Matters; Deus Ludens, Deus Victor: God the Winner; 6. "To Boldly Go": Sport as Divine Encounter?; Imago Dei: Further Thoughts; Transcendence and the Transcendent; Vicarious Sport; Sin and Salvation in Sport?; Conclusion: "The Theology Behind All Cultural Expressions"; Highlights; Some Loose Ends; Concluding Observations on a Practical Theology of Sport; Bibliography; Back cover.
520 _aIn '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 o.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
590 _aOCLC control number change
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