Role
Editors: Don Deardorff II and John White
School or Department
English, Literature, and Modern Languages
Files
Excerpt (1.0 MB)
Publisher's Note
Excerpt used by permission of The Edwin Mellen Press
Description
This work uses sports as a metaphor for humanity itself. Using a biblical structure: creation, fall, and redemption, the editors show how God may have intended us to enjoy sport, how we have corrupted sports, and how we might reattach ourselves to God's original purposes through sport.
ISBN
9780773451421
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
Edwin Mellen Press
City
Lewiston, N.Y.
Disciplines
Christianity | Kinesiology | Religion | Sports Studies
About the Author
Dr. Donald L. Deardorff II joined the Cedarville University faculty in 1996 and was granted tenure and promotion in 2002. He teaches courses in American literature and criticism and oversees the Senior Seminar in English. He has published several articles on literature and men's studies and is a frequent presenter at meetings of the American Literature Association, the American Culture Association, and the Conference on Christianity and Literature. His books include Sports: A Reference Guide and Critical Commentary (2000), The Hero and Anti-Hero in the American Football Novel: Changing Conceptions of Masculinity From The Nineteenth Century to the Twenty-First Century (2006), The Image of God in the Human Body: Essays on Christianity and Sports (2009), and Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet (2014). He is currently working on a memoir. He plays ice hockey, and he and his wife particularly enjoy having students over to their house. They are mentors in Cedarville's Fit to Be Tied Program.
Visit Dr. Deardorff's SelectedWorks page.
Recommended Citation
Deardorff, Donald L. II and White, John, "The Image of God in the Human Body: Essays on Christianity and Sports" (2008). Faculty Books. 75.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/faculty_books/75
