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Author: Robert Ellis Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1608998908 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 337
Book Description
In 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 original empirical work with sports participants and spectators. The Games People Play addresses issues often considered problematic in theological discussions of sport such as gender, race, consumerism, and the role of the modern media, as well as problems associated with excessive competition and performance-enhancing substances. As Ellis explains, "Sporting journalists often use religious language in covering sports events. Salvation features in many a headline, and talk of moments of redemption is not uncommon. Perhaps, somewhere beyond the cliched hyperbole, there is some theological truth in all this after all."
Author: Robert Ellis Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1608998908 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 337
Book Description
In 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 original empirical work with sports participants and spectators. The Games People Play addresses issues often considered problematic in theological discussions of sport such as gender, race, consumerism, and the role of the modern media, as well as problems associated with excessive competition and performance-enhancing substances. As Ellis explains, "Sporting journalists often use religious language in covering sports events. Salvation features in many a headline, and talk of moments of redemption is not uncommon. Perhaps, somewhere beyond the cliched hyperbole, there is some theological truth in all this after all."
Author: C. J. Domino Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0615393535 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 238
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When people look at Mercedes' life, this is what they see: a picture-perfect couple living fabulously. But behind closed doors, it's another story as she struggles to maintain the status quo glory. With bitches on her left and ho's on her right, it's a constant fight trying to remain a glamorous trophy wife. Sex, lies and alibis keep them together, but what's done in the dark will never last forever. Meet Mercedes Barone, the beautiful wife of a former NBA All-Star. To the world, she has it made, living the high life, but as you read along you'll soon learn that walking in her three-inch heels is no easy task. From her backstabbing relatives to her husband's baby mamas, what really happens when a ride-or-die vixen is fed up with the drama?
Author: William J Baker Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674020448 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 336
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Like no other nation on earth, Americans eagerly blend their religion and sports. This book traces this dynamic relationship from the Puritan condemnation of games as sinful in the seventeenth century to the near deification of athletic contests in our own day.
Author: Jason Odell Williams Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ISBN: 0822237628 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 63
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Three days before his bid for reelection, in the wake of a school shooting in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, a Republican U.S. senator makes an off-the-cuff comment to a blogger that gets leaked on “the Twitter,” calling into question the senator’s stance on guns and God. As his devoutly Christian wife and liberal Jewish campaign manager try to contain the damage, this look at how religion influences politics and how politics has become a religion is simultaneously funny, heartbreaking, and uplifting.
Author: Mirella Klomp Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004442944 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 269
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In Playing On: Re-staging the Passion after the Death of God, Mirella Klomp shows how the Dutch playfully rediscover Christian heritage. Engaging theologically with a public Passion play, she demonstrates how precisely a production of Jesus' last hours carves out a new and unexpected space for God in a (post-)secular culture.
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