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Introduction-SportandReligion
Sportsandindividualathletescherishreligiousbeliefsandpractic-
estomeettheirpersonalgoals.Tefinalremarkssectioncontainsex-
amplesofthelegacyofMuscularChristianityintheworld.Itpresents
somepost-MuscularChristianityorganizationsandtheroleofmodern
religioninthelivesofcertainindividualathletes,bothfromTeUnit-
edKingdom,theUnitedStatesandPoland,whoopenlymanifesttheir
beliefs,thusbecomingcontemporaryMuscularChristians.Examples
includeTimTebow,RobertLewandowskiandotherrepresentativesof
thesportsscene.
Asithasbeenmentioned,sporthasbecomeanimportantelement
ofsociologicalandculturalresearch.Teexaminationoftheabove-pre-
sentedphenomenahasrequiredexplorationofalargenumberofboth
primaryandsecondarysources,sportsmonographsandarticles,as
wellasobservationofthepresentdayphenomenainthesportsworld.
Tankstotherecentriseofinterestinsportamongscholarsinthehu-
manitiesandsocialsciences,therehasbeenasteadygrowthintheac-
ademicliteraturedealingwiththesubjectofsportandreligion.Only
selectedaspectsofthisrelationcouldbedescribedhere.Somethings
lieoutsidethescopeofthisstudyandshouldbethesubjectoffurther
research.Tebook,hopefully,willbesuitableforacademichistorians
(mostlyhistoriansofsportandreligion),studentswithaninterestin
sportandreligionandwidergroupsofsportsenthusiastsalike.
