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Introduction–SportandReligion
Sportsandreligionaretwocentralfacetsofcontem-
porarylifethataredeeplyrootedinculturesaround
theglobe.Bothspherescanbeenrichingandenno-
blinginfuences,andbothcanbethelocusforsocial
evils-greed,corruption,commercialism,racism,
sexism...
RebeccaT.Alpert
Sportisoneofthemostintriguingphenomenaincontemporaryworld.
Forsomepeople,ithasbecomeasecularreligion,forothers,asurrogate
formofwararousingmostintenseemotions.Sportsstarsarenotonly
heroesofpopularculture,butinmanycasesgainthestatusofnational
heroesparexcellence.Althoughsportusedtobeaneglectedbranch
ofhumanities,ithasbeencurrentlydrawingattentionofagreaterand
greaternumberofscholarswhoanalyzethephenomenaexistingin
sportfromdiferentperspectives-theperspectivesofethics,law,so-
ciology,psychology,aswellasnumerousdimensionsofhumandifer-
ence(forexampleraceandgender).Infact,inrecentyears,therehas
beenawealthofresearchintohowsporthasdevelopedandintoitsso-
cialimpact.
Itisimpossiblenottomentionahugeinfluenceofsportonculture.
Ithasvisiblyentereddiferentspheresofculture,whichisvisibleinlit-
erature,film,music,andart.Sporthasinfluencedthelanguage(many
sportsphraseshavebeentransferredtothecommonspeech,likeplay
fortime,gettofrstbaseorinPolishpokazaćkomuśżółtąkartkę/show
somebodytheyellowcard),literature(forexample,Hemingway’sTeOld
ManandtheSeaorBernardMalamud’sTeNatural),film(Chariotsof
Fire,FieldofDreamsandmanyothers),andhasbeenanartisticinspi-