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Training the body : perspectives from religion, physical culture and sport / edited by David Torevell, Clive Palmer and Paul Rowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge research in sport, culture and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Religious aspects.
- Sports.
- Physical fitness--Religious aspects.
- Physical fitness.
- Human body--Religious aspects.
- Human body.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- Contents:
- 'Giving the bst of yourself' in sports : the Catholic Church's attention to sports in past and present / Dries Vanysacker
- Holy marathon : 'running religion'? : religious interpretations of body vulnerability in the context of marathons / Kristin Graff-Kallevåg and Sturla J. Stålsett
- Gaining balance in religious training : what might sports and physical culture coaches learn from this? / David Torevell
- Corporeal enhancement and sport's spiritual dimension : a virtue ethics proposal / Tracy J. Trothen
- Training the body (stretching the mind) and moulding the spirit : sport, Christian asceticism and life as self-gift / Paul Rowan
- Towards an A to Z of faith in sport / Simon Lee
- Aesthetics and symbolism in artistic gymnastics : from martial discipline to ritual practices embodied in performance / Clive Palmer
- The metaphysical framework of transformational combat in Eastern religions and martial arts : implications for sports and physical culture training / David Torevell
- On the bodies of children : the troubling messages of American youth sports / Annie Blazer
- Jewish women and physical culture training at various Jewish Ys in early twentieth-century American culture / Linda J. Borish
- Promoting western sport and PE ideas in China : lessons learned and future directions / David Grecic
- Concluding remarks : making connections
- Questions for discussion and reflection.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781000588651 (electronic bk.)
- 1000588653 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031227559
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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