Nick J Watson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 354296 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Nick J Watson |
| NOMBRES | Nick J |
| APELLIDO | Watson |
| FIRMA | WATSON N J |
| AFILIACIONES | York St John University |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-6836-7041 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Falling Upward' into Sports Retirement
Retirement from sport is widely reported as a challenging time of transition in the lives of elite athletes and is one that has been explored from a range of different perspectives both by sport psychologists and socio-cultural scholars of sport. However, of late, a small number of scholars have considered athlete career transition within the context of religion and spirituality, identifying the religious identity and belief of athletes as centra…
New directions in theology, church and sports
There has been a significant increase in scholarship, empirical research (within both theology and the social sciences) and church-based initiatives focused on sport and Christianity during the last decade. This article seeks to briefly map these developments and provide a position statement by way of addressing two topics: theological reflection on sport; and church and para-church engagement in sport. In conclusion, a number of recommendations …
From Team Hoyt to I'll Push You
The authors explore stories of people with disabilities in sport settings that do more than inspire: they indicate how all people respond to the need and desire for both play and challenge. In 2014, Justin Skeesuck, with no use of his arms or legs, completed the 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, pushed by his best friend Patrick Gray. This duo followed the 40-year-old legacy of Dick and Rick Hoyt, who have together completed over 1,000 endu…
Sport, Theology, and the Special Olympics
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 S…
Introduction for Journal of Disability & Religion Special Issue
One of the most touching scenes in Jim Sheridan's Oscar-winning film My Left Foot features a penalty kick in a street game of soccer. The film tells the story of the Dublin artist Christy Brown, wh...
Global Perspectives on Sports and Christianity
This book provides a major contribution to the religious studies and theological study and understanding of sport. It explores the dialectical relationship between sports and Christianity across diverse global cultures, extending beyond a western centric perspective of Christianity. The volume contains contributions from leading experts within the field to provide ethnographic, theoretical and theological reflections on sport in Africa, Australas…
The Mystical and Sublime in Extreme Sports
The aim of this article is to examine the legitimacy of claims that athletes in extreme sports may encounter the mystical and sublime, when examined though a Christian theological lens. Drawing on the works of theologians and religious studies scholars – in particular, that of Richard Zaehner (1961) – and social scientists who have written on the topic of the mystical and sublime in sporting experience, the two major themes explored are first, th…
Sport, Celebrity and Religion
Sporting celebrities are rarely discussed within the broader realms of theological debate. Yet that is not to say that their identities cannot offer insight into wider patterns of cultural influence. Indeed, it is our contention within this paper that the reverse is true; that analyses of the autobiographical details of contemporary sporting figures represent key sites through which cultural influence can be examined. To this end, we take one spo…
Radical Orthodoxy and the Emergence of Spiritual Hero-Athletes
This essay examines how stories of overcoming illness are important components of popular narratives, media representations, and cultural understandings surrounding American hero–athletes such as Lance Armstrong and his portrayal as a cancer survivor. Understood through the theology of radical orthodoxy, Armstrong's experience with cancer put him at the center of the global effort to fight cancer and, in turn, he arguably became a figure imbued w…
Special Olympians as a “Prophetic Sign” to the Modern Sporting Babel
Drawing on the work of Jean Vanier, Stanley Hauerwas, Amos Yong, and Wolf Wolfsenberger, I will examine how sportspersons with disabilities, especially intellectual disabilities, and the “movement” that represents them, the Special Olympics, are one prophetic sign to the multi-billion dollar business of sport, which, it has been argued is a major edifice in the modern “Tower of Babel” alongside other cultural idols, such as scientism, healthism, …
Researching Religion, Disability, and Sport
As part of broader debates surrounding the relevance and applicability of qualitative research methods and methodologies within the context of Practical Theology, the present essay addresses the status of qualitative research within the area of religion, disability and sport. In so doing, the essay further encourages the use of empirical research within the orbits of Practical Theology while at the same time challenging current assumptions regard…
“Celebration” as the Spiritual Expression of Leisure and Sport
The provision of leisure and sport for persons with disabilities is an integral part of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006, article 30), and in turn, these activities can positively contribute to the physical, emotional and spiritual lives of those with physical and/or intellectual disabilities (Heintzman, this issue; Patterson & Pegg, 2009). Based on this premise, we argue that the activities of leisur…
Sports and Christianity
This interdisciplinary text examines the sports-Christianity interface from Protestant and Catholic perspectives. In addition to a systematic review of literature, field-pioneering contributors such as Michael Novak, Shirl Hoffman, Joseph Price and Robert Higgs address a wide range of topics from the sporting world, including biblical athletic metaphors, disability, evangelism, professionalism and celebrity, humility and pride, genetic enhancemen…
Sport, Celebrity and Religion
Sporting celebrities are rarely discussed within the broader realms of theological debate. Yet that is not to say that their identities cannot offer insight into wider patterns of cultural influence. Indeed, it is our contention within this paper that the reverse is true; that analyses of the autobiographical details of contemporary sporting figures represent key sites through which cultural influence can be examined. To this end, we take one spo…
Sports and Christianity
This interdisciplinary text examines the sports-Christianity interface from Protestant and Catholic perspectives. In addition to a systematic review of literature, field-pioneering contributors such as Michael Novak, Shirl Hoffman, Joseph Price and Robert Higgs address a wide range of topics from the sporting world, including biblical athletic metaphors, disability, evangelism, professionalism and celebrity, humility and pride, genetic enhancemen…
Radical Orthodoxy and the Emergence of Spiritual Hero-Athletes
This essay examines how stories of overcoming illness are important components of popular narratives, media representations, and cultural understandings surrounding American hero–athletes such as Lance Armstrong and his portrayal as a cancer survivor. Understood through the theology of radical orthodoxy, Armstrong's experience with cancer put him at the center of the global effort to fight cancer and, in turn, he arguably became a figure imbued w…
Special Olympians as a “Prophetic Sign” to the Modern Sporting Babel
Drawing on the work of Jean Vanier, Stanley Hauerwas, Amos Yong, and Wolf Wolfsenberger, I will examine how sportspersons with disabilities, especially intellectual disabilities, and the “movement” that represents them, the Special Olympics, are one prophetic sign to the multi-billion dollar business of sport, which, it has been argued is a major edifice in the modern “Tower of Babel” alongside other cultural idols, such as scientism, healthism, …
Researching Religion, Disability, and Sport
As part of broader debates surrounding the relevance and applicability of qualitative research methods and methodologies within the context of Practical Theology, the present essay addresses the status of qualitative research within the area of religion, disability and sport. In so doing, the essay further encourages the use of empirical research within the orbits of Practical Theology while at the same time challenging current assumptions regard…
“Celebration” as the Spiritual Expression of Leisure and Sport
The provision of leisure and sport for persons with disabilities is an integral part of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006, article 30), and in turn, these activities can positively contribute to the physical, emotional and spiritual lives of those with physical and/or intellectual disabilities (Heintzman, this issue; Patterson & Pegg, 2009). Based on this premise, we argue that the activities of leisur…
The Mystical and Sublime in Extreme Sports
The aim of this article is to examine the legitimacy of claims that athletes in extreme sports may encounter the mystical and sublime, when examined though a Christian theological lens. Drawing on the works of theologians and religious studies scholars – in particular, that of Richard Zaehner (1961) – and social scientists who have written on the topic of the mystical and sublime in sporting experience, the two major themes explored are first, th…
Sport, Celebrity and Religion
Sporting celebrities are rarely discussed within the broader realms of theological debate. Yet that is not to say that their identities cannot offer insight into wider patterns of cultural influence. Indeed, it is our contention within this paper that the reverse is true; that analyses of the autobiographical details of contemporary sporting figures represent key sites through which cultural influence can be examined. To this end, we take one spo…
From Team Hoyt to I'll Push You
The authors explore stories of people with disabilities in sport settings that do more than inspire: they indicate how all people respond to the need and desire for both play and challenge. In 2014, Justin Skeesuck, with no use of his arms or legs, completed the 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, pushed by his best friend Patrick Gray. This duo followed the 40-year-old legacy of Dick and Rick Hoyt, who have together completed over 1,000 endu…
Sport, Theology, and the Special Olympics
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 S…
Introduction for Journal of Disability & Religion Special Issue
One of the most touching scenes in Jim Sheridan's Oscar-winning film My Left Foot features a penalty kick in a street game of soccer. The film tells the story of the Dublin artist Christy Brown, wh...
Global Perspectives on Sports and Christianity
This book provides a major contribution to the religious studies and theological study and understanding of sport. It explores the dialectical relationship between sports and Christianity across diverse global cultures, extending beyond a western centric perspective of Christianity. The volume contains contributions from leading experts within the field to provide ethnographic, theoretical and theological reflections on sport in Africa, Australas…
New directions in theology, church and sports
There has been a significant increase in scholarship, empirical research (within both theology and the social sciences) and church-based initiatives focused on sport and Christianity during the last decade. This article seeks to briefly map these developments and provide a position statement by way of addressing two topics: theological reflection on sport; and church and para-church engagement in sport. In conclusion, a number of recommendations …
Falling Upward' into Sports Retirement
Retirement from sport is widely reported as a challenging time of transition in the lives of elite athletes and is one that has been explored from a range of different perspectives both by sport psychologists and socio-cultural scholars of sport. However, of late, a small number of scholars have considered athlete career transition within the context of religion and spirituality, identifying the religious identity and belief of athletes as centra…
Sociology (13 obras) · Philosophy (10 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Doping in Sports (7 obras) · Theology (7 obras) · Aesthetics (6 obras) · Epistemology (6 obras) · Gender Studies (5 obras) · History (5 obras)