{"product_id":"sports-religion-and-disability-9780367739270","title":"Sports, Religion and Disability","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nick J. Watson | Andrew Parker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ground-breaking book provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between sports (and leisure), religion and disability. In the shadow of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, at which athletes that were both able-bodied and disabled, provided an extravaganza of sporting excellence and drama, this text is a timely and important synthesis of ideas that have emerged in two previously distinct areas of research: (i) 'disability sport' and (ii) the 'theology of disability'. Many of the elite athletes at this global sporting mega-event often explicitly displayed their religious beliefs, and in turn their importance in the context of sport, by observing different religious rituals, and or, utilising the multi-faith sports chaplaincy service. This raises a whole range of unanswered questions with regard to the intersections between sports, religion and disability, which to-date has been under- researched. Examples of subjects addressed in this text include: elite physical disability sport--\u003ci\u003eParalympics\u003c\/i\u003e; intellectual disability sport--\u003ci\u003eSpecial Olympics\u003c\/i\u003e; reflections on the illness narrative of the cyclist Lance Armstrong through the lens of the theology of 'radical orthodoxy'; the application of biblical athletic metaphors in understanding modern conceptions of disability sport; the role of sport and spirituality in the rehabilitation of injured British Military personnel, and; the importance of sports and leisure in \u003ci\u003eL'Arche\u003c\/i\u003e communities. This book begins a critical conversation on these topics, and many others, for both researchers and practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was based on two special issues of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Religion, Disability and Health\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46929322705047,"sku":"9780367739270","price":3735.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780367739270.webp?v=1771599028","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sports-religion-and-disability-9780367739270","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}