The image of God in the human body
Subtitle: essays on Christianity and sports
By: edited by Donald Deardorff II and John White ; with a foreword by James K.A. Smith.
Contributors: Deardorff, Donald L.; White, John, 1967-
Series: Hors serie
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780773451421
Subjects: Body, Human -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Sports -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of Christianity and sport : selected highlights of a puzzling relationship / James A. Mathisen; title: Sport and athletics in the New Testament era; title: Sport in early and medieval Christianity; title: The Puritans and James I; title: Muscular Christianity and "sport builds character"; title: L. Moody, the YMCA, and sport as a means to Christian conversion; title: An interlude : fifty years of uncertainty; title: Christianity and sport in the 1940s-50s : Gil Dodds, Billy Graham, Youth for christ, and the forging of a powerful symbiotic alliance; title: Years later : religion and sport in a maturing relationship; title: Christianity and sport : a closing assessment; title: A Christian perspective on sport / Michael Wittmer; title: Radical Christianity : Christ against culture; title: Cultural Christianity : Christ of culture; title: Synthesist Christianity : Christ above culture; title: Dualist Christianity : Christ and culture in paradox; title: Conversionist Christianity : Christ the transformer of culture; title: The ambiguity of embodiment and sport : overcoming theological dichotomies / Doug Hochstetler, Peter Hopsicker, and Scott Kretchmar; title: Background information on embodiment and sport in Christianity; title: Brief conclusions on problems of embodiment, sport, games, and play; title: The body, sport, games, and play in the kingdom; title: Created to play : thoughts on play, sport, and the Christian life / K. Erik Thoennes; title: A personal quest; title: A fear; title: Why we must appreciate & understand play; title: Defining play; title: Play and competition; title: Serious play; title: Play in the Bible; title: A playful God; title: Play and the coming kingdom; title: Sabbath; title: Hopeful play; title: The hope of the cross; title: Heaven : the play of eternity; title: Competition as relationship : sport as a mutual quest towards excellence / Stuart Weir; title: Idols in the stadium : sport as an 'idol factory' / John White; title: Idolatry : the significance of this religio-ethical problem for Evangelicals and sport; title: The nature of idolatry : what is idolatry?; title: Idolatry and sport : a religious relationship; title: Varieties of idolatry : different faces in the stadium; title: The business and politics of idols : toward the service of power and money; title: Performative idols : citius, altius, fortius; title: Sport as spectacle and the perversion of play / Mark J. Hamilton; title: Escaping the gender trap : sport and the equality of Christ / Donald L. Deardorff II and Julie D. Deardorff; title: Redefining human, redefining sport  : the imago dei and genetic modification technologies / Tracy J. Trothen; title: Some preliminary thoughts on philosophies of sports ministry and their literature / Ashley Null; title: Ministry through athletes; title: Ministry to athletes; title: A concluding contrast; title: A final common ground; title: Reversing the curse : practicing the presence and presents of God in sport / Valerie J. Gin; title: Practicing God's presence; title: Practicing His presence; title: Relationship with God restored; title: Relationship with self restored; title: Relationship with others restored; title: Relationship with creation restored; title: Advancing the kingdom : Shalom in sport / Timothy G. Gombis; title: Original design : glory of God; title: Sinfulness : improper functioning; title: Salvation; title: Embodying Shalom; title: Church and sport / Graham Daniels and J. Stuart Weir; title: St. Andrew the Great Church, Cambridge, England; title: Kasr el Dobara Evangelical Church, Cairo, Egypt; title: "Finding the right place" : professional sport as a Christian vocation / Ashley Null; title: Christian vocation against cultural achievement; title: Cultural achievement as Christian vocation; title: Christian vocation above culture achievement; title: Christian vocation and cultural achievement; title: Christian vocation as transformer of cultural achievement; title: The prophet of Copenhagen conversing with competitive sport : serving God and man in sport : a divided allegiance / Cindy White; title: An interview : how Kierkegaard might respond to the challenge of serving God alone while participating in competitive sport; title: Living for the game or for the good; title: The agony of decision : seek first the kingdom of God; title: Kierkegaard's prayer (adapted for coaches and athletes).