Religions and Sports: The Basics [Paperback]

1. Introduction: Why Study Religions and Sports?? 2. Religions in Sports? 3. Sports in Religions? 4. Sports as Religions? 5. Religions and Sports in Dialogue? 6. Religions and Sports in Competition? 7. Conclusion: Religions, Sports, and Disruptions? Bibliography??Index

Religions and Sports: The Basics brings classic scholarship to bear on current cultural trends at the intersection of religion and sport in a digestible, yet thorough way. This text is a sorely needed primer on the burgeoning field of religion and sportone that will help orient readers of all stripes to new techniques for understanding both religion and sport separately and in relationship.

Jeffrey Scholes,?Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.

As an introductory text for the study of relations between religions and sports, Shoemakers work is student friendly in multiple ways: it features analyses of popular sports like pickleball and skateboarding; it examines religious orientations beyond those of monotheistic traditions; and it intersperses engaging research exercises throughout each chapter.

Joseph L. Price, Professor Emeritus, Department of Religious Studies, Whittier College, USA.

Religions and Sports: The Basics introduces the many connections and interactions between religions and sporting activities.

Readers will gain a foundational understanding of how to approach religions and sports analytically, theoretically, and methodologically. The book uses multiple relational frameworks to examine probing discussions around religious expressions in sports, the social connections of religions and sports, the mirroring of sport and religious devotion, and the discourse between religious l“_