"It matters a great deal who is going to win, but not at all who won"
Top Ten Books
These are my top ten books to read on Sport and Christianity. See bottom for links to next ten and best biographies.
Practices for the Twenty-First Century Matt Hoven, Andrew Parker, Nick J Watson, Ed., London T&T Clark, 2019 ISBN 9780567678621
Religion and the rise of sport in England
Hugh Mcleod, OUP, 2022. ISBN 9780192859983
theology, religion and sport, Robert Ellis, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2014. ISBN 978-1-60899-890-6
On the 8th day (A Catholic theology of sport),
Matt Moven, JJ Carney, Max T Engel, Eugene, Cascade Books (Wifp and Stock), 2022.
Stephen Liggins, Sydney, Mattias Media, 2020. ISBN 9781925424645
The Image of God in the Human Body
edited by Donald Deardorff II and John White, Edwin Mellen, 2008
Sports and Christianity (Historical and Contemporary Perspectives)
Nick J Watson and Andrew Parker, New York, Routledge, 2012.
Sport and the Christian Religion
Nick J. Watson and Andrew Parker, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014 ISBN(10):1-4438-5503-0
Paul Putz, New York, Oxford University Press, 2024
Good Game: Christianity and the culture of sports
Shirl James Hoffman, Baylor University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-932792-10-2