A Theology of Inferiority: Is Christianity the Source of Kinesiology's Second-Class Status in the Academy?

Religion as an other(ed) identity within physical education: A scoping review of relevant literature and suggestions for practice and inquiry

“…Few researchers and scholars have considered Christianity when researching and/or contemplating the relationship between religiosity and PE. These few include Elliot and Hoyle (2014), Macdonald and Kirk (1999), McCuaig et al (2013), McInerney et al (2000), Pastor-Vicedo et al (2016) and Twietmeyer (2008).…”

Spiritualized and religious bodies

“…In thinking about and interacting with those people in society who have disabilities, it may well be that we are also confronted with our own fragilities and weaknesses (physical and intellectual) and therefore, disability can 'disturb us' (Yong 2007). As we have seen, the pervasive influence of Platonic-Cartesian dualism in theology (Wilson 1989) and sport (Twietmeyer 2008) has also been a factor in deemphasising and devaluing the role of the body, and able-bodied and disabled sport as a whole, in Western culture. Theological reflection on the "... full diversity of experiences of human embodiment" has, in turn, been lacking in theology (Creamer 2009, p. 117), until that is, the emergence of the more recent 'body craze' in the discipline, as is the case in the field of sports studies since the 1990s.…”

Special Olympians as a ‘Prophetic Sign’ to the Modern Sporting Babel

“…In thinking about and interacting with those people in society who have disabilities, it may well be that we are also confronted with our own fragilities and weaknesses (bodily and mental) and therefore, disability can 'disturb us' (Yong, 2007). The pervasive influence of Kantian rationality and Platonic-Cartesian dualism in theology (Wilson, 1989) and sport (Twietmeyer, 2008;Watson, 2007) has also been a factor in deemphasising and devaluing the role of the body, and able-bodied and disabled sport as a whole, in western culture. Theological reflection on the '... full diversity of experiences of human embodiment' has in turn been sorely lacking in theology (Creamer, 2009: 117), until the recent 'body craze' in the discipline, as is the case in the sports studies field since the 1990s due to the central importance of the appearance (i.e., athletic beauty and muscularity) and physical condition of the body in modern sport and exercise contexts (Wellard, 2009;Howe, 2008b;Messner and Sabo, 1990).…”