Isbn: 9781621907343 - spirit and sport: religion and the fragile athletic body in popular culture (sports and popular culture) (8 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Klappentext Sean O Neil explores several narratives at the intersection of religion and disability across the spectrum of contemporary sports. He ties religious belief and practice to the oftentimes fragile bodies of athletes, including .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Spirit and Sport: Religion and the Fragile Athletic Body in Popular Culture, Sean O'Neil studies the intersectionality of religion and disability as it exists within contemporary sports. To do so, he calls to the forefront various contemporary stories about trauma and disabilitysome fictional, others biographicaland examines how we tell and interpret these stories within the frameworks of athletic activity, competition, failure, and success. O'Neil studies a wide range of perspectives, from John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany and the big-screen'sSigns to the experiences of real-life athletes like Tim Tebow, Muhammad Ali, and Bethany Hamilton. Woven throughout his examination of each is a consideration of religious belief and practice, especially within Christianity, as it relates to athletic abilitythe lighthearted stories of victory and overcoming, the inspiring triumph over fragility and limitation so often couched in religious terms.O'Neil's study draws upon his experiences as a hospital chaplain and his own battle with skin cancer. By blending personal experience with sociological observation, O'Neil argues that the intersection of religion, sports, and disability in popular culture is a revealing site of cultural struggle over competing myths, identities, and values related to the bodyboth the physical bodies we inhabit as well as the broader social bodies to which we subscribe.Spirit and Sportis a study with broad appeal: from O'Neil's autoethnographic storytelling to the wide range of narrative media he examines, religious scholars, sports historians, and general audiences alike are sure to find it a thought-provoking and engaging read.…