Sports and Mainline Churches in Germany: Societal Systems between Competition and Mutual Support
In Germany, both the Roman Catholic Church and the Evangelical Church have been cooperating with the popular cultural domain of sports in various formats. This cooperation attests to the mainline churches' aspirations to engage with this field of popular culture in a sustainable manner. It may...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2018]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 6-22 |
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Germany
/ Catholic church
/ Protestant Church
/ Sports
/ Institution (Sociology)
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| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CH Christianity and Society KBB German language area ZB Sociology |
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| Summary: | In Germany, both the Roman Catholic Church and the Evangelical Church have been cooperating with the popular cultural domain of sports in various formats. This cooperation attests to the mainline churches' aspirations to engage with this field of popular culture in a sustainable manner. It may also be understood as one aspect of their attempt to counterbalance a loss of members and become more relevant in people's everyday lives. Potential competitors, sports and the mainline Christian churches in Germany renegotiate their relationship in this way. I argue in this article that this relationship is conceptualized as both partnership and competition. This discursive situation affects both the mainline churches and sports, but it leads to transformations at the expense of the churches. Therefore, I suggest speaking of an asymmetrical relationship between mainline churches and sports. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15496/publikation-45734 DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.2017.0030.r1 HDL: 10900/104356 HDL: 10900/1043564950 |