Religion and Sports - by Rebecca Alpert (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Like religion, playing and watching sports is a deeply meaningful, celebratory ritual enjoyed by millions across the world. The first scholarly work designed for use in both religion and sports courses, this collection develops and then applies a theoretically grounded approach to studying sports engagement globally and its relationship to modern-day issues of violence, difference, social protest, and belonging. <p/>Case studies explore the place of sports in mainstream faiths, such as Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity, and lesser-known religious groups, particularly in Africa. It covers football, baseball, and basketball but also archery, soccer, bullfighting, judo, and track. Essays reflect all skill levels, from amateur to professional, and find surprising affinities among practices and cultures in locations as disparate as Germany and Japan, Spain and Saudi Arabia. Thoroughly examining a range of phenomena, this collection fully captures the unique overlap of two universal institutions and their interplay with human society, politics, and culture.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>This worthy book should be adopted by a number of sport and religion courses and should be required reading for sports officials. Excellent bibliography, notes, and index.--Choice<br><br>[This book] offers a number of interesting case studies and accounts which argue for the inclusion of the theme of religion and sport in the discourse of sports science as well as in the discourses of theology and the social sciences... Researchers and lecturers who are interested in the subject of sport and religion will enjoy reading this book and may possibly find in it examples which they can use in lectures and seminars.--Dagmar Dahl, Nord University "idrottsforum.org "<br><br>Alpert explicitly seeks to add religions with their similar and different characteristics to the conversation about sports because she wants to explore how these two (nearly ubiquitous) spheres of life together might help us better understand what it means to be human in relation to the environment, to other living creatures, and to each other.--John B. White, Baylor University<br><br>In <i>Religion and Sports</i> Rebecca T. Alpert provides a much needed, interactive introduction to this emerging field in interdisciplinary studies. Using case studies that involve diverse religions and multiple sports, Alpert's ingenious work stimulates students to engage various intersections between sports and religion. To guide them through their encounters with the complex cases, Alpert provides specific learning objectives, assorted exercises and activities, and a series of probing questions for each chapter. Simply, this is a model textbook for cultivating student interest in religious studies and the significance of sports.--Joseph L. Price, author of <i>Rounding the Bases: Baseball and Religion in America</i><br><br>In <i>Religion and Sports</i>, Rebecca T. Alpert offers a series of expertly crafted case studies with innovative, provocative, and compelling suggested exercises for classroom use. The case studies are superb in their content and accessibility and cover a wide range of sports from across the globe, raising important questions related to race, gender, ethnicity, creed, pluralism, and moral complexity.--Arthur Remillard, Saint Francis University<br><br>The majority of previous books on sport and religion have focused on specific religious traditions. <i>Religion and Sports</i>, however, provides varied and deep insights into the symbiotic relationship between Protestant and Catholic forms of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Zen Buddhism, to name a few. Perhaps, though, the most impressive aspect of this new and important book is its usefulness in the classroom. With rich case studies, study questions for class discussion at the end of each chapter, and a chapter entitled What would Phil Jackson Do?, this book will interest and engage students and will be an invaluable resource for educators.--Nick J. Watson, York St John University, and coauthor, <i>Sport and the Christian Religion</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Rebecca T. Alpert is professor of religion at Temple University. She is the author of<i> Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition</i>, which won a Lambda Literary Award and Award for Scholarship from the Jewish Women's Caucus of the Association for Women in Psychology;<i> Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball</i>; and <i>Whose Torah? A Concise Guide to Progressive Judaism</i>.
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