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Winning the Race?""
Tracy J. Trothen
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Paperback. Series: Sports and Religion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
Examining hope as a spiritual dimension of sport—how hope is morally relevant to the sport enhancement debate
should high-tech prosthetic limbs be permissible in elite sports competitions? Why are caffeine and engineer new enhancing options such as genetic modification technologies that increase muscle strength, or individualized nutritional genomic programs for elite athletes? The ethics debate about the use of enhancements in elite sport is becoming increasingly complex. Yet we are not asking what relevance sports’ religious dimension has to this debate.
Through an examination of literature on the relationship between sport, religion and spirituality, hope emerges as ... Read more
Examining hope as a spiritual dimension of sport—how hope is morally relevant to the sport enhancement debate
should high-tech prosthetic limbs be permissible in elite sports competitions? Why are caffeine and engineer new enhancing options such as genetic modification technologies that increase muscle strength, or individualized nutritional genomic programs for elite athletes? The ethics debate about the use of enhancements in elite sport is becoming increasingly complex. Yet we are not asking what relevance sports’ religious dimension has to this debate.
Through an examination of literature on the relationship between sport, religion and spirituality, hope emerges as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Mercer University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Sports and Religion Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780881465433
SKU
V9780881465433
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About Tracy J. Trothen
Tracy J. Trothen is associate professor of Theology and Ethics at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Trothen holds a ThD degree from Emmanuel College, University of Toronoto. She is author of several publications including Shattering the Illusion: Child Sexual Abuse and Canadian Religious Institutions and is coeditor of two anthologies, Religion and Sexuality: Diversity and ... Read more
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