Chapter
“Keeping Company with the Devil”?
2. A Question of Sport: Sport in Contemporary Society
3. 1851 and All That: Losing My Religion?
Sundays: “the Lord’s day” or “a day at Lord’s”?
Religion and Sport in the UK: What the Numbers Tell Us
American Exceptionalism: Sport and Religion
Sport and the Functions of Religion
4. Play and Sport: Initial Theological Explorations
Defining “Play” and “Sport”
Sport in the Bible? Paul’s Sporting Imagery
God the Creator: Deus Ludens and the Game of Love
Playful Wisdom: Proverbs, the Song of Songs, and Ecclesiastes
Sabbaths and Festivals: Playful Rest
Play, “Signal of Transcendence”
5. “A Matter of Life and Death”? Playing and Winning
Why Play Sport? What the Players Say
Why Play Sport? Sociocultural Factors
Why Play Sport? Sport and “Religious Experience”
Deus Ludens, Deus Victor: God the Winner
6. “To Boldly Go”: Sport as Divine Encounter?
Imago Dei: Further Thoughts
Transcendence and the Transcendent
Sin and Salvation in Sport?
Conclusion: “The Theology Behind All Cultural Expressions”
Concluding Observations on a Practical Theology of Sport
Games People Play
：Theology, Religion, and Sport
Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.
