Pray, Play, Win... or Lose! Field Research inside the Montreal Alouettes Christian Praxis.

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Title
Pray, Play, Win... or Lose! Field Research inside the Montreal Alouettes Christian Praxis.
Author(s)
Bauer Olivier
Issued date
25/09/2019
Language
english
Number of pages
19
Notes
Field Research led in 2011-2012 when I was an Associate Professor at the Université de Montréal.
Abstract
This paper aims at clarifying what kind of theology a Christian chaplain transmits to football players. It is grounded for a month-long observation inside the Christian Praxis of the Alouettes, the Montréal Canadian Football League team: prayer, chapel, Biblical study, and charity. The method of Spiritual Praxeology was used to treat the observation, by organizing the data according to seven structural questions (what, who where, when, why, how, how much?) then by elaborating the values inside the praxis in five degrees: material artefacts, personal and collective developments, ethical issues, relations to God. The research shows that the Montréal Alouettes Christian Praxis is not aimed to ask God to make the team win, but rather to let the Christian players be humble enough to ask God’s help in order to become as good as they can be.
Keywords
Sport, Religion, Football, Theological Praxeology, Christianity, Pastoral Activities, Chaplaincy
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Yes
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26/09/2019 6:08
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