sport & religions by ezarith, aiman, anuar

1. PREPARED BY : Sofea
Aiman
Anuar
Haiqal

2. • A Sociological discussion of religion may
create controversy because people often
use their own religious beliefs and
practices as their only point of reference.
• In sociological terms, religions are
integrated and socially shared beliefs and
rituals that people accept on faith and as a
source of meaning , guidance, and
transcendence. Religions beliefs and
rituals link peoples lives with a
supernatural realm or a divinity including
god or gods.

3.  Religions are powerful because people use them as
sense making perspectives and guides for action. In
this sense, they share certain characteristics with
ideologies. For example, both are components of
culture organized around beliefs accepted on faith or
taken for granted.
 Religions , on the other hand, always bring a divinity
or the supernatural into the sense making process
and connect meaning and understanding to a scared
realm that transcends the here and now material
world.

4.  Discussions about sports and religions often are
confusing. Some people view sport as a form of
religion, or at least “religion like,” whereas others
assume that the “true nature” of religion is essentially
different from the “true nature” of sport.
 Still others view sports and religions as two distinct
sets of cultural practices, which may be similar or
different depending on how people create, define, and
use them

5. SPORT
 Sport have stadiums and arenas where fans attend
games or contests.
 Sport s emphasize perfection in disciplined physical
performance.
 Sport have commissioners athletic director, and
coaches.
 Sports involve contests that celebrate competition
hard work and achievement

6. Religion
 Religions have churches and temples where believers
attend services.
 Religions emphasize perfection in a disciplined moral
purity.
 Religions involve ceremonies and rituals that celebrate
commitment, community, and redemption.

7.  Some people argue that religion and sport each have a unique, separate
truth, or “essence”. The essence of religion, they believe, is grounded in
divine inspiration, whereas the essence of sport is grounded in human
nature. They argue that religion and sport reveal basic truths that
transcend time and space, and people “live out” these truths every day, but
the truths offered by religions are clearly different from the truths offered
by sport
 People who think this way are called essentialists because they
assume that the universe is governed by unchanging laws and that
meaning and truth are inherent in nature. When they study religion
and sport, they argue that the fundamental character of religion is
essentially different from although this statue is created by a
Christian business, it suggest that christianian, like sport, is a
collection of socially constructed cultural practices, which change
in connection with larger social forces and contexts.

8.  Most sociologists study religions and sports as cultural
practices that are created by people over times as they
live with each other and give meaning to their
experiences and the world around them.
 This is social constructionist approach, and it is based
on evidence showing that religions and sports have
diverse forms and meanings that are understandable
only in connection which the social and cultural
conditions under, which people create and maintain
them.

9.  Social constructionists generally use cultural and
interactionist theories to guide their work. They focus
on social relations and issues of power and study the
meanings given to the body by people who have
different religious beliefs.

10.  Historical evidence helps explain links between
modern sports and contemporary christian beliefs. In
the late nineteenth century, germany sociologist
economist Max Weber did a classic study titled the
protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. In (1904-
1958)
 His research focused on the connection between the
ideas embodied in the protest reformation and the
values underlying the growth of capitalist economic
system.

11.  For example,Weber explained that Protestantism
promote a “code of ethics” and general value system
that created in people deep moral suspicions about
erotic pleasure, physical desire, and all forms of
idleness. “idle hands are the devil’s workshop” was a
popular protestant slogan.

12.  can see the behaviour of people
 Can show ours religion is good religion
 Can develop ours religion
 We can respect each other
 We can show that ours religion is the
stronger religion

13. LITTLE BUT FREQUEN IT’S
A GOOD PRACTICE
THE END
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