Sport and Spirituality

Edited by Gordon Preece Edited by Robert Hess

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Extent: 144 pages

Publisher: ATF Press

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Forum for Theology in the World

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(February 2026)

ISBN: 9781923580817

6 x 9 inches

Price: $34.50

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Hardback (Published)

(February 2026)

ISBN: 9781923580824

6 x 9 inches

Price: $42.50

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PDF (Published)

(February 2026)

ISBN: 9781923580848

Price: $42.00

Modern day sports people and spectators might readily use the divine name, or Jesus Christ, as expletives of frustration or exclamations of triumph, but they would rarely make a connection between games and religion. Support for one’s team might occasionally reach the heights of religious zeal, but associating athletic prowess with piety would be far from the thinking of most performers and onlookers. Yet, there are moments when even our modern sports spectaculars are conducted with quasi religious rituals.

  • Edited by Gordon Preece
  • Edited by Robert Hess