Book Description
This unique study defines two aspects of modern society--sports and culture--from a traditional perspective, carefully examining their sacred origin and their relevance throughout history in philosophical and religious thought.
Author : Ghazi Bin Muhammed
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,9 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Culture
ISBN : 9781887752138
This unique study defines two aspects of modern society--sports and culture--from a traditional perspective, carefully examining their sacred origin and their relevance throughout history in philosophical and religious thought.
Author : Richard William Cox
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 17,90 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Sports
ISBN : 0714652601
There has been an explosion in the quantity of sports history literature published in recent years, making it increasingly difficult to keep abreast of developments. The annual number of publications has increased from around 250 to 1,000 a year over the last decade. This is due in part to the fact that during the late 1980s and 90s, many clubs, leagues and governing bodies of sport have celebrated their centenaries and produced histories to mark this occasion and commemorate their achievements. It is also the result of the growing popularity and realisation of the importance of sport history research within academe. This international bibliography of books, articles, conference proceedings and essays in the English language is a one-stop for the sports historian to know what is new.
Author : Mircea Eliade
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780156792011
Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares with that of the nonreligious. This book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of religion, but its perspective also emcompasses philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and psychology. It will appeal to anyone seeking to discover the potential dimensions of human existence. -- P. [4] of cover.
Author : Bruce David Forbes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520965221
The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new content, the third edition of this multifaceted and popular collection has been revised and updated throughout to provide greater religious diversity in its topics and address critical developments in the study of religion and popular culture. Ideal for classroom use, this expanded volume gives increased attention to the implications of digital culture and the increasingly interactive quality of popular culture provides a framework to help students understand and appreciate the work in diverse fields, methods, and perspectives contains an updated introduction, discussion questions, and other instructional tools
Author : Robert Ellis
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 10,5 MB
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1630873845
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 : Alexander Wilson
Publisher : Between The Lines
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 38,44 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Human beings
ISBN : 0921284527
In this celebrated work, Alexander Wilson examines environments built over the past fifty years, as humans have continued to discover, exploit, protect, restore, and sometimes re-enchant a natural world in convulsion. Extensively illustrated.
Author : North American Society for Sport History
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 30,74 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Physical education and training
ISBN :
Author : John Hughson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 20,42 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1317990692
The Making of Sporting Cultures presents an analysis of western sport by examining how the collective passions and feelings of people have contributed to the making of sport as a ‘way of life’. The popularity of sport is so pronounced in some cases that we speak of certain sports as ‘national pastimes’. Baseball in the United States, soccer in Britain and cricket in the Caribbean are among the relevant examples discussed. Rather than regarding the historical development of sport as the outcome of passive spectator reception, this work is interested in how sporting cultures have been made and developed over time through the active engagement of its enthusiasts. This is to study the history of sport not only ‘from below’, but also ‘from within’, as a means to understanding the ‘deep relationship’ between sport and people within class contexts – the middle class as well as the working class. Contestation over the making of sport along axes of race, gender and class are discussed where relevant. A range of cultural writers and theorists are examined in regard to both how their writing can help us understand the making of sport and as to how sport might be located within an overall cultural context – in different places and times. The book will appeal to students and academics within humanities disciplines such as cultural studies, history and sociology and to those in sport studies programmes interested in the historical, cultural and social aspects of sport. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
Author : Joseph E. B. Lumbard
Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,1 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1933316667
How has fundamentalism betrayed the true spirit of Islam? This fully revised and expanded edition of the critically acclaimed book provides answers to this question and contains: a new essay on the role of women in Islam; an updated chapter containing insights into the true nature of the jih three fully revised chapters that bring the discussion up-to-date with the current global situation; a revised introduction. Book jacket.
Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 991 pages
File Size : 49,98 MB
Release : 2008-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9231040839
This is the seventh and final volume in this comprehensive guide to the history of world cultures throughout historical times.