Table of Contents
1. “We Played the Flute for You and You did not Dance”: A Theology of Play Myk Habets
2. Sporting Identities: What We Play, and Who We Think We Are Robert Ellis
3. Child’s Play in the New Testament Sarah Harris
4. Identity Formation as an Antecedent to the Practice of Sports Chaplaincy Steven N. Waller
5. Sacred Pilgrimage in Playful, Digital Spaces Stephen Garner
6. An Enemy to be Fought or a Tool to be Used? Baptists and Sport in New Zealand John Tucker
7. Sport and the Bible Class Movement Peter Lineham
8. The Role of Sports Chaplains in Australia B. Grant Stewart
9. The Winter Game in the Autumn Season: An Exploration of Motivations, Masculinity, and Faith among Older Christian Male Rugby Players in Aotearoa-New Zealand Simon Moetara
10. Helping Churchgoers to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Sport: Pastoral Stories from the Hospital Wards, the Slow Lane, and the Mountain Tops Philip Halstead