Sport, Theology, and the Special Olympics: A Christian Theological Reflection
The authors explore the potential of the Special Olympic movement to act as a counternarrative and prophetic message to the big-business world of professional sports. Drawing on the work of pioneers in the field of theology of disability, such as Jean Vanier, John Swinton, Brian Brock, Amos Yong, an...
| Published in: | Journal of disability & religion |
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| Subtitles: | Theology, Disability and Sport : Reflections on Physical and Intellectual Impairment and Well-Being |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2017]
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| In: |
Journal of disability & religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Practical Theology
B Special Olympics B Intellectual disability B theology of disability B Vulnerability B prophetic message |
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| Summary: | The authors explore the potential of the Special Olympic movement to act as a counternarrative and prophetic message to the big-business world of professional sports. Drawing on the work of pioneers in the field of theology of disability, such as Jean Vanier, John Swinton, Brian Brock, Amos Yong, and Stanley Hauerwas, the authors provide a brief overview of the key themes within the theology of disability, which are then deployed to analyze the Special Olympics. This section is prefaced with a succinct account of the modern sporting institution and its key characteristics from a theological standpoint. We conclude that "those that are excluded … those at the edge of the system" (Rohr, 1995, p. 28) - Special Olympians - have an important and timely message for those within the system of big-business professional sport. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-253X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of disability & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2017.1298492 |