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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Inc

FORMAT: Hardback

ISBN: 9780815378976

RRP: £115.00

PAGES: 140

PUBLICATION DATE:
February 1, 2018

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Theology, Disability and Sport: Social Justice Perspectives

Nick J. Watson

Kevin Hargaden

Brian Brock

This ground-breaking book provides fascinating insights into the fast-emerging body of research that explores the relationship between sport, theology and disability within a social justice framework. In the shadow of two major sport-faith events that fore-fronted the theology of disability sport, the Vatican’s international conference-Sport at the Service of Humanity and the Inaugural Global Congress on Sports and Christianity York St John University, UK, at which Dr Brian Brock led a thematic strand on the topic-this book provides a foundation for further research and practice. 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’. Examples of subjects addressed in this text include: elite physical disability sport-Paralympics; intellectual disability sport-Special Olympics; equestrian sport; church, sport and disability, and; theologies of embodiment, competition and mercy. This book, written by leaders in their respective fields, begins a critical conversation on these topics, and many others, for both researchers and practitioners. The chapters originally published in the Journal of Disability and Religion and Quest.

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Nick J. Watson

Nick J. Watson is Associate Professor Sport and Social Justice in the School of Sport and Founding Director of the forthcoming, Centre for Social Justice in Sport, York St John University, UK. His research and practice is interdisciplinary and is accessible to a wide audience and broadly focuses on issues surrounding `social justice’ in sport, in particular, the relationship between sport and Christianity. His most recent research projects examine fatherlessness, faith and mentoring in and through sports, theological understandings of well-being in elite sport, the practice of sport chaplaincy/psychology and the effectiveness of sport- Dementia initiatives. He has co-authored/edited a number of books and journal special editions, has been the Co-Director of two University centres of excellence and convener of two international conferences. Nick has worked with the Sport and Church Office of the Vatican, the Church of England, Sport Chaplaincy UK and the public theology think- tank, Theos. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Disability and Religion, and reviews work for various sport social science and theology journals. He is also a Director and Trustee of The Island, York, UK (2013-), a charity that provides mentoring services for vulnerable children.Kevin Hargaden is the Social Theologian for the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, in Dublin, Ireland. In that role, he theological reflects on social issues, with a particular focus on housing, penal reform, environmental care, and economic justice, with a view towards policy change in Ireland. He is the editor of the the recent book co-written by Brian Brock and Stanley Hauerwas entitled Beginnings: Interrogating Hauerwas (2016). He is a guest editor of the Journal of Disability and Religion.Brian Brock is a Reader in Moral and Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, UK