Transcending the Pitch: Robin van Persie's Inexpressible Goal
Does it still make sense to talk about transcendence when so much of our lives is routinized, restricted, and under surveillance? Increasingly, secularists and theists are shifting their focus to modern sports arenas. When the Dutch striker Robin van Persie scored his out of this world goal agains...
| Опубликовано в: : | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2017]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Persie, Robin van 1983-
/ Torschuss
/ Geschichte 2014
/ Sportfan
/ Трансцендентальный опыт
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| Индексация IxTheo: | AB Философия религии AD Социология религии |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Secularization
B Sublime B Transcendence B tiki-taka B Total Football |
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| Итог: | Does it still make sense to talk about transcendence when so much of our lives is routinized, restricted, and under surveillance? Increasingly, secularists and theists are shifting their focus to modern sports arenas. When the Dutch striker Robin van Persie scored his out of this world goal against Spain at the 2014 World Cup, soccer fans and pundits alike had a difficult time making sense of it all. But when we look at the construction of the stadium, the lines on the pitch, and even the specific tiki-taka tactics employed by both coaches, we see how secular regulations help lay the foundation for the freeing transcendence of the modern sports fan. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.29.1.3446 |