The Image of God in the Human Body: Essays on Christianity and Sports

by Deardorff, Donald, II; White, John; Smith, James K. A.

• ISBN13: 9780773451421
• ISBN10: 0773451420
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
A Brief History: Theological Paradigms	p. 5
A Brief History of Christianity and Sport: Selected Highlights of a Puzzling Relationship	p. 9
A Christian Perspective on Sport	p. 43
Embodied Contestants: Created for Play, Games and Sport	p. 57
The Ambiguity of Embodiment and Sport: Overcoming Theological Dichotomies	p. 61
Created to Play: Thoughts on Play, Sport, and the Christian Life	p. 79
Competition as Relationship: Sport as a Mutual Quest Towards Excellence	p. 101
The 'Fall' and Sports: Ethical Problems, Perversions and Idolatries	p. 123
Idols in the Stadium: Sport as an 'Idol Factory'	p. 127
Sport as Spectacle and the Perversion of Play	p. 173
Escaping the Gender Trap: Sport and the Equality of Christ	p. 195
Redefining Human, Redefining Sport: The Imago Dei and Genetic Modification Technologies	p. 217
Redemption and Sports: Toward Responsible, Flourishing Sport Practices	p. 235
Some Preliminary Thoughts on Philosophies of Sports Ministry and Their Literature	p. 241
Reversing the Curse: Practicing the Presence and Presents of God in Sport	p. 255
Advancing the Kingdom: Shalom in Sport	p. 275
Church and Sport	p. 297
"Finding the Right Place": Professional Sport as a Christian Vocation	p. 313
The Prophet of Copenhagen Conversing with Competitive Sport: Serving God and Man in Sport: A Divided Allegiance	p. 367
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