Testa, Alberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9116-9802 and Amara, Mahfoud (2015) Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities. Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society. Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9781138817791

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Abstract

As Islam’s visibility in global society increases, Muslim populations grow, and Muslim countries compete to take up positions at the heart of global sport, the interplay between sport and Islam becomes ever more illuminating. Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities is the first book to analyse this relationship through a pluralist lens, exploring the questions it raises about contemporary Islam, globalisation, and the challenges faced by (in particular young) Muslims in negotiating their place in global society.

With contributions from Muslim and non-Muslim authors, the book approaches an array of contemporary issues, from the role of sport in gender, youth and political identities in Islam and Muslim societies to sport policy in Muslim countries, sport’s role among Muslim minorities and sport marketing’s relationship to Muslim cultures.

Drawing on sociology, anthropology, political science, Islamic studies and sport studies, Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities not only examines the significance of sport in Islam, but helps to draw wider conclusions on religious identity in sporting settings and the interplay between sport, gender, political ideology and consumer culture.

Item Type:	Book
Additional Information:	Selected by the Olympic Studies Center to be included in the Olympic World Library catalogue Selected by Stanford University to be included in its library
Keywords:	Muslims, Islam, Social Inclusion, Islamophobia, discrimination, Sport
Subjects:	Social sciences Social sciences > Sociology of deviance
Depositing User:	Alberto Testa
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2016 22:44
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2021 07:19
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1563

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