Religiosity in Sport

Marcos Pinheiro (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

104 Seiten

2023
Our Knowledge Publishing (Verlag)
978-620-6-86799-9 (ISBN)

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The sign of the cross made on the chest as you enter the venue always with your right foot; fingers pointing to the sky as a prayer is said before the match, in thanks for a goal or point scored, in short, for victory, for the medal hanging around your neck. The confidence of athletes, coaches and fans in amulets, tattoos, clothes under uniforms, beards/hair growth/cuts, countless prayers, gestures and rituals performed before, during or in the course of matches and competitions. Or as the athlete interviewed said: "in order for me to get a place in the Olympics, I was going to church straight away". You can easily find countless relationships and everyday manifestations of religiosity in the sporting environment. These behaviours, objects, practices and rituals permeate the religiosity of athletes and seek, in a way, to fill the void of the uncertainty of competition, the uncontrollable, the unknown and impotence. In the daily life of high-level sport, personal beliefs and professed religion establish complex relationships.

Marcos Pinheiro has a PhD in Sciences from the School of Physical Education and Sports at USP, a Master's in Leisure Studies and a degree in Physical Education from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He has been studying religiosity in sport and leisure in contemporary society for years. Subjects that are still little debated academically in Brazil.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.11.2023
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	166 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Athletes • Olympics • Religiosity • Sport
ISBN-10	620-6-86799-4 / 6206867994
ISBN-13	978-620-6-86799-9 / 9786206867999
Zustand	Neuware