“All I know most surely about morality and obligation I owe to football”,
Journal_Articles
Select a review from the books below or return to the category list.
To play or to pray?
To play or to pray? The YMCA question in the United Kingdom and the United States, 1850-1900, William J Baker, International Journal of the the History of Sport, No 1, 1994, pp 42-62
Discipline, Sport, and the Religion of Winners
Paul on Running to Win the Prize, I Corinthians 9:24-27, Brian Brock
Revival as cultural spotlight: The strange case of Rugby Football and the Welsh Revival of 1904-05
Dominic Erdozain, in eds. Kate Cooper and Jeremy Gregory, Revival and Resurgence in Christian History, Studies in Church History, volume 44 (Woodbridge: Boydell, 2008), pp. 275-285
Chariots of Fire: bigotry, manhood and moral certitude in an age of individualism
Ellis Cashmore, Sport In SocietyVol. 11, No. 2/3. March/May 2008,159-173
Collegiate Sports Chaplaincy: Problems and Promise
Steven Walker, Lars Dzikus, Robin Hardin, Journal of issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 2008, 1, 107-123
Common Ground?: Sport and the Church
Common Ground?: Sport and the Church, David Oakley The Bible in Transmission
‘I will Not Cease from Mental Fight’?: Sport and the Protestant Work Ethic
Dominic Erdozain, The Bible in Transmission
Playing and praying, sport and spirit. The forms and functions of prayer in sports
Joseph L Price, International Journal of Religion and Sport, Volume 1, 2009, Pages 55-80
Sport, Disability and the Olympics
An Exploration of the Status and Prophetic Role of the Special Olympic Movement in Light of London 2012
The Collegiate Sports Chaplain: Kindred or Alien?,
Waller, S., Dzikus, L. and Hardin, R., Chaplaincy Today 2010, 26, 1: 16-26.
Towards a theology of sport
Sean P Kealy, Doctrine and Life 38, September 1988
'Favourite Pew or Seat? Sabbath Beliefs as a barrier to Sporting Event Attendance on Sunday
A Congregational Study', Waller, S.N., Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 2009, : 21, 2: 1-15.
Christianity, Sport and Disability:
A once in a lifetime opportunity:
C. S. Lewis at the 2012 London Olympics: Reflections on Pride and Humility
Practical Theology, Vol. 5.2 August 2012, 153-168
Faith and Sport Revival in Britain
Re-envisioning the Olympic Games
Paul at the Races
Paula Fredriksen, Bible Review 2002, 18 (3) 12, 42
The Churches and the Olympics
D Cornick, Theology, 2012, 115 (4): 266-272
Paul’s ‘Cutting’ Remarks about a Race
Sport as Liturgy: Towards a radical Orthodoxy of Sport – Andrew Edgar
Question of Sport and Incarnational Theology – Graham Ward
Does Sport Build Character?
A Progress Report on a Victorian Idea - Dominic Erdozain
Authority in Sport – Victor Lee Austin
Sport and Spirituality
Mastery and Failure in Sporting Lives - Richard Hutch
John Paul ll’s Interpretation of I Corinthians 9:24-27
A Paradigm for a Christian Ethic of Sport – John White
Revs and Psychos
Richard Gamble, Denise M. Hill, and Andrew Parker, JOURNAL OF APPLIED SPORT PSYCHOLOGY, 249-264,2013
On being a living contradiction: the struggle of an elite intercollegiate Christian coach
Gregg Bennett, Michael Sagas, David Fleming and Sean von Roenn
Journal of Disability & Religion
Volume 18, Issue 1, 2014
Latest score
Latest score: Liverpool 20, Manchester United 10 by, D Gibson. Issue 44 of Ministry Today, September 2008
Catholics and Sport
An Historical and Theological Overview and Contemporary Implications, Patrick Kelly, SJ, Seattle University
More than a Game: A Theology of Sport
Jeremy R. Treat, Themelios 40.3 (2015): 392-403
Christianity, Boxing, and Mixed Martial Arts
Reflections on Morality, Vocation, and Well-Being, Nick Watson and Brian Brock, JRS, Vol 17 (2015), 1-22
Sport, Celebrity and Religion: Christianity, Morality and the Tebow Phenomenon
Andrew Parker, and Nick J Watson,Studies in World Christianity,2015, 21(3) Pp: 223-238
Sacramentally Imagining Sports as a Form of Worship: Reappraising Sport as a Gesture of God
John Bentley White, Sport, Ethics and Philosophy ,Volume 12, 2018 Pages 94-114
Athletes of the Bible
Conference paper, Angela Lumpkin 1979
Favourite pew or box seat?
Sabbath beliefs as a barrier to sporting event attendance on Sunday. A congregational study, Steven Waller
Physical activity: physical education and sport in the Old Testament,
G Eisen, Canadian Journal of History of Sport and Physical Education, 6, 2, PP45-65 1975
Foolish and useless sport
Andrew Doyle
Both Praying and Playing
Neal Garnham
Towards a Biblical theology of sport
James A Mathisen
A Modern Conception of Flesh:
Peter M. Hopsicker
An exploratory description of Christian athletes’ perceptions of prayer in sport
A Mixed methodological pilot study, Daniel R. Czech and Erin Bullet, International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching Volume 2, Number 1, 2007, Pp 49-56
Exploratory Prayer 1
An exploratory investigation of athletes' perceptions of Christian prayer in sport. DR Czech, and KL Burke,
Exploratory prayer 2
An exploratory investigation of athletes’ perceptions of Christian prayer in sport, Daniel R Czech and Kevin L Burke
Prayers for assistance as unsporting behaviour
AJ Kreider, Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 2003, Pp 17-25.
The experience of Christian prayer in sport
D Czech, C Wrisberg, L Fisher, C Thompson, and G Hayes, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 2004, 2, Pp 1-19.
EAT THE FAT, DRINK THE SWEET, AND BE MERRY
A Biblical Defense for Play on the Lord’s Day by Rev. Charles L. Jacob
The emergence of born-again sport
Brian W W Aitken, Studies in Religion, 1989 , Volume 18, Issue 4
The use of prayer in sport
NJ Watson and DR Czech
A Noble Ally and Olympic Disciple
Steve Bailey