Jim Parry, Simon Robinson, Nick Watson, Mark Nesti

Sport and Spirituality (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the spiritual dimensions of sport, this broad-ranging study takes a provocative look at the human aspects of the sport experience. It is a must-read for students of sport studies, sports coaching, and sport and health psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134136827
• Artikelnr.: 42980582

Autorenporträt

Jim Parry is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Leeds University. He is former Head of the School of Philosophy at Leeds University and is co-series editor for the Routledge series Ethics and Sport.

Simon Robinson is Professor of Applied and Professional Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University. He is also Hon. Fellow in Theology at the University of Leeds. Simon Robinson is former Anglican Chaplain to the University of Leeds.

Nick Watson is Lecturer and Researcher in the School of Sports Science and Psychology, York St John College of the University of Leeds.

Dr Mark Nesti is Reader in Sport Psychology at York St John College of the University of Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Spirituality and Sport 1. A Short History of Spirituality 2.
Defining Spirituality 3. Spirituality, Wellbeing and Sport Section 2 :
Sport, God and Ethics 4. The Religious and the Spiritual in Sport. A
Comparative Analysis of Meaning for Theistic and Atheist Participants 5.
Theology and the Ethics of Competition in the Twenty -First Century 6.
Nature and Transcendence. the Mystical and Sublime in Outdoor Sports
Section 3: The Existential and Sport 7. The Existential and the Spiritual
8. Persons and Players 9. Suffering and Destiny Section 4: Olympism and
Sport 10. Sport and the Virtues 11. Peace and the Religious Athlete 12.
Ethos, Ethics and Education Conclusion