Hoffman, Shirl J.Unknown
Baylor University Press (Texas, 2010) (eng) English9781602584983UnknownUnknownSPORTS--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS--CHRISTIANITY;SPORTS--MORAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS;Includes bibliographical references and index; In recent years the United States has seen an influx of Christian athletes and coaches into big-time sports, as well as a heightened importance placed on sports in church programs and at Christian schools and colleges. However, as Shirl Hoffman critiques, a Christian vision of sport remains merely superficial—replete with prayers before free throws and praises after touchdowns but offering little, if any, alternative vision from the secular sports culture.
Good Game retells numerous fascinating stories from the world of ancient and contemporary sports and draws on the history of the Christian tradition to answer “What would it really mean to think Christianly about sport?”
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Summary / review / table of contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1
1 Sports and the Early Church 23
2 Proscribing, Controlling, and Justifying Sport 47
3 Bowling, Bicycles, and Other Snares of the Devil 73
4 The Church Heads for the Playground 99
5 The Rise of Sport Evangelism 127
6 Christians and the Killer Instinct 145
7 Building and Sacking the Temple 167
8 Sport and the Sub-Christian Values 193
9 Touchdowns and Slam Dunks for Jesus 219
10 Prayers Out of Bounds 239
11 Notes Toward a Well-Played Game 263
Notes 293
Index 329