{"product_id":"sports-religion-and-disability-paperback-softback","title":"Sports, Religion and Disability - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\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":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546455990510,"sku":"9780367739270","price":67.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780367739270.jpg?v=1720234341","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/sports-religion-and-disability-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}