Afe Adogame is the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Christianity and Society at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA

Nick J. Watson is Associate Professor of Sport and Social Justice in the School of Sport at York St John University, UK

Andrew Parker is Professor of Sport and Christian Outreach and Co-director (with Nick Watson) of the Centre for Sport, Spirituality and Religion (CSSR) in the School of Sport and Exercise at the University of Gloucestershire, UK

ForewordIntroductionPart I: Some Transdisciplinary Considerations 1. Challenging the Secular Bias in the Sociology of Sport: Scratching the Surface of Christian Approaches to Sociology2. Sports in the Biblical NarrativePart II: Non-Western Perspectives on Sport and Christianity 3. Interreligious Football: Christianity, African Tradition and the Religion of Football in South Africa4. Soccer Fandom as Catechism: Practices of the Sacred among Young Men in Argentina5. Soccer Victory Authorized by the Gods: Prophecy, Popular Memory and the Peculiarities of Place6. The Church and FIFA World Cup in Ghana: A Gender Perspective7. Religion and Sport in Multireligious Nigeria: The Case of Kaduna City Interfaith Football Club8. Spirituality and Martial Arts: 'Fitting' in the Life-World9. Playing and Praying in the Premiership: Public Display of Beliefs in English FootballPart III: Western Perspectives on Sport and Christianity 10. Sport, Society, Religion and the Church of Scotland11. Protestantism and Sport in the "Bible Belt" of Norway in the First Half of the 20th Century12. Sport, Celebrity and Religion: Christianity, Morality and the Tebow Phenomenon13. Church, Sports and Tragedy: Religion and Rituals of Public Mourning in the Glasgow Ibrox Disasters of 1902 and 197114. Sport and Christianity in American Cinema: 'the beloved grew fat and kicked' (Deuteronomy 32:15)15. Christianity, Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts: Reflections on Morality, Vocation and Well-Being16. Hillsborough and the Church of England