1st Edition

Sport and Christianity Historical Perspectives

Edited By Hugh McLeod, Nils Martinius Justvik, Robert Hess Copyright 2020
136 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

Sport and Christianity  examines sport and Christianity from a variety of historical perspectives, with the main focus on the period from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. The book is not limited to a narrow definition of Christianity, but rather encompasses a wide range of denominations, related philosophies and viewpoints. The contributors are international, and... Read more

Series Editors' Foreword

Mark Dyreson, Thierry Terret, Rob Hess

Introduction: Sport and Christianity: Historical Perspectives < An Introduction

Hugh McLeod, Nils Martinius Justvik, and Rob Hess

1. Gymnastics, Physical Education, Sport, and Christianity in Germany

Michael Kru¨ger

2. A Sportful History of Christianity: The Case of Twentieth-Century Sweden

Alexander Maurits and Martin Nykvist

3. Cultural Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Modernization of Physical Education and Sport in China, 1840<1949

Huijie Zhang, Fan Hong and Fuhua Huang

4. Mormon Missionaries and the Emergence of Modern Argentine Sport, 1938<1943

Ryan A. Davis

5.‘Necessary Cessation from Toil and Work’: Young Christian Workers and the Question of Sport on Sundays in Post-War Melbourne

Melissa Jean Walsh and Nicholas Thomas Shaw Marshall

6.‘If God Be for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?’: Religion and Religiousness in Polish Football, 2008<2017

Michal Mazurkiewicz

Biography

Hugh McLeod is Emeritus Professor of Church History at the University of Birmingham, UK.



Nils Martinius Justvik is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Agder, Norway.



Rob Hess is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Institute for Sport and Health at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.