Sport and catholic church

vices, virtues and challenges

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https://doi.org/10.7213/2175-1838.15.002.DS06

Abstract

With more than one billion Catholics around the planet, the Roman Catholic Church guides its followers on how they should act regarding themselves and life in society. This guidance covers all areas of life, including sports.
A phenomenon of increasing proportions in contemporary times, sport had not yet been addressed by the Church in a document that would clearly guide Catholics in the moral and spiritual issues of the sports universe,
a situation that was reversed in 2018, with the publication of the text "Give the best of yourself” by the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life. This document deals with the Church's conception of sport, recognizes its pastoral function, promotion of health, education, among other topics. In this research, we present the main positions of the Church on the contemporary themes of sport, with the intention of establishing a possible Catholic ethic of sport, and how it can influence the faithful to rethink and readjust themselves before the sports universe. It was demonstrated, by the arguments presented on the document, a Church that is positioned in defense of a sport at the service of the human being. In addition, it sees in sport, in its different manifestations, a space with rich possibilities for pastoral action.

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Author Biographies

Narayana Astra van Amstel , UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ

Aluno de Doutorado em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Bacharel em Educação Física pela Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (2015), Licenciatura em Educação Física pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (2022) e mestrado em Educação Física pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (2019). Atualmente pesquisa relações entre esporte, cultura, religião e sociedade

Mr, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Possui graduação em Educação Física e Técnico Desportivo pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1987), mestrado em Educação Física pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1994), doutorado em Educação Física pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2001) e pós-doutorado em Sociologia do Esporte pela West Virginia University/USA (2012). Atualmente é Professor Titular da Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Published

2023-08-30

How to Cite

Astra van Amstel , N., & Marchi Júnior, W. (2023). Sport and catholic church : vices, virtues and challenges. Pistis Praxis, 15(2), 234–244. https://doi.org/10.7213/2175-1838.15.002.DS06