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‘Don’t ever mix God with sports’ : Christian religion in athletes’ stories of life transitions (2020)

Ronkainen, N. J., Ryba, T. V., & Tod, D. (2020). ‘Don’t ever mix God with sports’ : Christian religion in athletes’ stories of life transitions. Sport in Society, 23(4), 613-628. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2019.1599199

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Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Ronkainen, Noora J.; Ryba, Tatiana V.; Tod, David

Lehti tai sarja: Sport in Society

ISSN: 1743-0437

eISSN: 1743-0445

Julkaisuvuosi: 2020

Volyymi: 23

Lehden numero: 4

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 613-628

Kustantaja: Routledge

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2019.1599199

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Ei avoin

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/68302

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu: http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/10653/

Lisätietoja: Special Issue: Transitions in Sport Life

Tiivistelmä

Sport psychology researchers have increasingly recognized the need to adopt a holistic perspective when seeking to understand athletes’ adaptation to life transitions. The present study sought to understand how religion influences athletes’ journeys in sport and experiences of life transitions. Two Christian elite athletes participated in life story interviews which we analyzed via narrative analysis. Although the participants narratively separated religious belief from sport, religion, as a source of basic world assumptions and values, provided a broader framework of meaning and continuity in their sport lives. Yet, both stories involved a growing distance to institutional religious practices and movement towards individualized religiosity as they traversed cultural and developmental transitions. For applied practitioners, it is important to be aware of the unique ways in which religion influences the sport life and to recognize personal and cultural attitudes that will shape their applied work with religious athletes.

YSO-asiasanat: kristinusko; urheilijat; identiteetti; sopeutuminen

Vapaat asiasanat: christianity; career transition; life meaning; athletic identity; adaptation

Liittyvät organisaatiot

OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2020

JUFO-taso: 1