The human body is of central concern in both the sociology of sport and in Christianity. This paper seeks to respond to exclusively secular explanations of embodiment, which are insufficient for explaining the role and significance of religion in society broadly, and in sport particularly. Affirming an explicitly Christian understanding of the body, the paper shows how the Bourdieusian framing of embodiment–habitus–is amenable to the incorporation of the historic theological uses of the habitus concept. It will be argued that there is no need to jettison either this theological groundwork, or the theoretical insights of sociology in making sense of embodied persons in sport. Instead, a more rounded conceptual tool will be produced. Finally,...
Bc thesis SPORT AND ITS PLACE IN CHRISTIAN LIFE wants to unveil a man as the whole image of the God....
Meaning-making has been one of the primary domains of religion throughout history, and some have cla...
This work uses sports as a metaphor for humanity itself. Using a biblical structure: creation, fall,...
According to a thesis which is today authoritatively supported by some authors, the scarce recogniti...
In is necessary to look more closely at the newly developed understanding of religion and seculariza...
In is necessary to look more closely at the newly developed understanding of religion and seculariza...
Sport is an integral aspect of contemporary society; it is also a political, economic, educational, ...
Sociological studies of sport have established their subject matter as significant to a wide range o...
The aim of the thesis is to describe relationships between spirituality, Christianity and sport in h...
This doctoral submission (with publication) comprises two components: (i) a corpus of six publicatio...
The volume of academic literature concerning the interaction between sport and faith has been steadi...
This doctoral submission (with publication) comprises two components: (i) a corpus of six publicatio...
The volume of academic literature concerning the interaction between sport and faith has been steadi...
Bc thesis SPORT AND ITS PLACE IN CHRISTIAN LIFE wants to unveil a man as the whole image of the God....
Peer reviewed: TruePublication status: PublishedEmpirical research on the lives of Christian elite a...
Bc thesis SPORT AND ITS PLACE IN CHRISTIAN LIFE wants to unveil a man as the whole image of the God....
Meaning-making has been one of the primary domains of religion throughout history, and some have cla...
This work uses sports as a metaphor for humanity itself. Using a biblical structure: creation, fall,...
According to a thesis which is today authoritatively supported by some authors, the scarce recogniti...
In is necessary to look more closely at the newly developed understanding of religion and seculariza...
In is necessary to look more closely at the newly developed understanding of religion and seculariza...
Sport is an integral aspect of contemporary society; it is also a political, economic, educational, ...
Sociological studies of sport have established their subject matter as significant to a wide range o...
The aim of the thesis is to describe relationships between spirituality, Christianity and sport in h...
This doctoral submission (with publication) comprises two components: (i) a corpus of six publicatio...
The volume of academic literature concerning the interaction between sport and faith has been steadi...
This doctoral submission (with publication) comprises two components: (i) a corpus of six publicatio...
The volume of academic literature concerning the interaction between sport and faith has been steadi...
Bc thesis SPORT AND ITS PLACE IN CHRISTIAN LIFE wants to unveil a man as the whole image of the God....
Peer reviewed: TruePublication status: PublishedEmpirical research on the lives of Christian elite a...
Bc thesis SPORT AND ITS PLACE IN CHRISTIAN LIFE wants to unveil a man as the whole image of the God....
Meaning-making has been one of the primary domains of religion throughout history, and some have cla...
This work uses sports as a metaphor for humanity itself. Using a biblical structure: creation, fall,...