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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 209-223 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Sport in Society |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 9 Aug 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2019 |
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Christianity as Public Religion: A Justification for using a Christian Sociological Approach for Studying the Social Scientific Aspects of Sport. / Gibbons, Tom; Watson, Nick; Mierzwinski, Mark.
In: Sport in Society, Vol. 22, No. 2, 01.02.2019, p. 209-223.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Christianity as Public Religion:
T2 - A Justification for using a Christian Sociological Approach for Studying the Social Scientific Aspects of Sport
AU - Gibbons, Tom
AU - Watson, Nick
AU - Mierzwinski, Mark
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - The vast majority of social scientific studies of sport have been secular in nature and/or have tended to ignore the importance of studying the religious aspects of sport. In light of this, Shilling and Mellor (2014) have sought to encourage sociologists of sport not to divorce the ‘religious’ and the ‘sacred’ from their studies. In response to this call, the goal of the current essay is to explore how the conception of Christianity as ‘public religion’ can be utilised to help justify the use of a Christian sociological approach for studying the social scientific aspects of sport. After making a case for Christianity as public religion, we conclude that many of the sociological issues inherent in modern sport are an indirect result of its increasing secularisation and argue that this justifies the need for a Christian sociological approach. We encourage researchers to use the Bible, the tools of Christian theology and sociological concepts together, so to inform analyses of modern sport from a Christian perspective.
AB - The vast majority of social scientific studies of sport have been secular in nature and/or have tended to ignore the importance of studying the religious aspects of sport. In light of this, Shilling and Mellor (2014) have sought to encourage sociologists of sport not to divorce the ‘religious’ and the ‘sacred’ from their studies. In response to this call, the goal of the current essay is to explore how the conception of Christianity as ‘public religion’ can be utilised to help justify the use of a Christian sociological approach for studying the social scientific aspects of sport. After making a case for Christianity as public religion, we conclude that many of the sociological issues inherent in modern sport are an indirect result of its increasing secularisation and argue that this justifies the need for a Christian sociological approach. We encourage researchers to use the Bible, the tools of Christian theology and sociological concepts together, so to inform analyses of modern sport from a Christian perspective.
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U2 - 10.1080/17430437.2017.1360565
DO - 10.1080/17430437.2017.1360565
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VL - 22
SP - 209
EP - 223
JO - Sport in Society
JF - Sport in Society
SN - 1743-0445
IS - 2
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