Landmarks in British history and culture. A monograph of selected issues

The book presents crucial facts and events, selected from the countless defining moments in British history and culture: the appearance of prehistoric man in the British Isles; the influence of Celtic culture from a wider, not only insular perspective; the origins of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms; the historical truth and legendary aspects of the Arthurian myth; sea and imperial expansion; the most important factors and players in the fight for freedom; and finally, the development and cultural meaning of the English concept of sport. Although the author discusses well known historical and cultural events, he does this from a non-British perspective and frequently suggests new hypotheses and analyses for some unsolved problems of British cultural history, such as the lack of English protagonists in Old English literature, the Five Borough question and the etymology of fair play as an ethical term and norm.Książka przedstawia wybrane momenty zwrotne i procesy cywilizacyjne w dziejach i kulturze Wielkiej Brytanii, poczynając od okresu kultur pierwotnych aż do najważniejszych procesów nowożytnych, jak rola protestantyzmu w kształtowaniu się współczesnej cywilizacji brytyjskiej, rozwój idei wolności, ekspansji Imperium Brytyjskiego, morska kultura Anglii oraz odkrycie wszystkich tych zjawisk w literaturze i sztuce

Landmarks in British history and culture. A monograph of selected issues

The book presents crucial facts and events, selected from the countless defining moments in British history and culture: the appearance of prehistoric man in the British Isles; the influence of Celtic culture from a wider, not only insular perspective; the origins of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms; the historical truth and legendary aspects of the Arthurian myth; sea and imperial expansion; the most important factors and players in the fight for freedom; and finally, the development and cultural meaning of the English concept of sport. Although the author discusses well known historical and cultural events, he does this from a non-British perspective and frequently suggests new hypotheses and analyses for some unsolved problems of British cultural history, such as the lack of English protagonists in Old English literature, the Five Borough question and the etymology of fair play as an ethical term and norm.Książka przedstawia wybrane momenty zwrotne i procesy cywilizacyjne w dziejach i kulturze Wielkiej Brytanii, poczynając od okresu kultur pierwotnych aż do najważniejszych procesów nowożytnych, jak rola protestantyzmu w kształtowaniu się współczesnej cywilizacji brytyjskiej, rozwój idei wolności, ekspansji Imperium Brytyjskiego, morska kultura Anglii oraz odkrycie wszystkich tych zjawisk w literaturze i sztuce

Landmarks in British history and culture. A monograph of selected issues

The book presents crucial facts and events, selected from the countless defining moments in British history and culture: the appearance of prehistoric man in the British Isles; the influence of Celtic culture from a wider, not only insular perspective; the origins of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms; the historical truth and legendary aspects of the Arthurian myth; sea and imperial expansion; the most important factors and players in the fight for freedom; and finally, the development and cultural meaning of the English concept of sport. Although the author discusses well known historical and cultural events, he does this from a non-British perspective and frequently suggests new hypotheses and analyses for some unsolved problems of British cultural history, such as the lack of English protagonists in Old English literature, the Five Borough question and the etymology of fair play as an ethical term and norm.Książka przedstawia wybrane momenty zwrotne i procesy cywilizacyjne w dziejach i kulturze Wielkiej Brytanii, poczynając od okresu kultur pierwotnych aż do najważniejszych procesów nowożytnych, jak rola protestantyzmu w kształtowaniu się współczesnej cywilizacji brytyjskiej, rozwój idei wolności, ekspansji Imperium Brytyjskiego, morska kultura Anglii oraz odkrycie wszystkich tych zjawisk w literaturze i sztuce

Landmarks in British history and culture. A monograph of selected issues

The book presents crucial facts and events, selected from the countless defining moments in British history and culture: the appearance of prehistoric man in the British Isles; the influence of Celtic culture from a wider, not only insular perspective; the origins of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms; the historical truth and legendary aspects of the Arthurian myth; sea and imperial expansion; the most important factors and players in the fight for freedom; and finally, the development and cultural meaning of the English concept of sport. Although the author discusses well known historical and cultural events, he does this from a non-British perspective and frequently suggests new hypotheses and analyses for some unsolved problems of British cultural history, such as the lack of English protagonists in Old English literature, the Five Borough question and the etymology of fair play as an ethical term and norm.Książka przedstawia wybrane momenty zwrotne i procesy cywilizacyjne w dziejach i kulturze Wielkiej Brytanii, poczynając od okresu kultur pierwotnych aż do najważniejszych procesów nowożytnych, jak rola protestantyzmu w kształtowaniu się współczesnej cywilizacji brytyjskiej, rozwój idei wolności, ekspansji Imperium Brytyjskiego, morska kultura Anglii oraz odkrycie wszystkich tych zjawisk w literaturze i sztuce

Christianity as Public Religion::A Justification for using a Christian Sociological Approach for Studying the Social Scientific Aspects of Sport

The vast majority of social scientific studies of sport have been secular in nature and/or have tended to ignore the importance of studying the religious aspects of sport. In light of this, Shilling and Mellor (2014) have sought to encourage sociologists of sport not to divorce the ‘religious’ and the ‘sacred’ from their studies. In response to this call, the goal of the current essay is to explore how the conception of Christianity as ‘public religion’ can be utilised to help justify the use of a Christian sociological approach for studying the social scientific aspects of sport. After making a case for Christianity as public religion, we conclude that many of the sociological issues inherent in modern sport are an indirect result of its increasing secularisation and argue that this justifies the need for a Christian sociological approach. We encourage researchers to use the Bible, the tools of Christian theology and sociological concepts together, so to inform analyses of modern sport from a Christian perspective