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rif. 71097 — Brepols 2026. Hardback 416 pages Size:178 x 254 mm Illustrations:4 b/w 1 tables b/w. Language: English. ISBN 9782503589848. Summary Why should the Church not be interested in sport' Pope Pius XII asked this famous question rhetorically during his address to Italian sportsmen on May 20 1945. This Companion examines the historical interconnections between various Christian traditions and sports: to understand how a key aspect of society influenced church organizations and lives of citizens while seeing how churches helped sports to better understand how they impacted human experience and its own meaning and purpose. Bringing together specialists in the field of religious studies theology philosophy history social sciences the collection presents the state of the field of the study of Christianity and Sport creates interdisciplinary and interdenominational engagement and acts as a stimulus for future research. TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 1: Western and Eastern Europe General Introduction Dries Vanysacker Brian Bolt Chad Carlson Matt Hoven and Ivo Jirásek Part 1: Western Europe Introduction Dries Vanysacker Scandinavia Martin Nykvist Germany Dries Vanysacker Low Countries: Belgium and the Netherlands Dries Vanysacker France Dries Vanysacker Switzerland Dries Vanysacker Austria Gilbert Norden Italy Dries Vanysacker Vatican / Holy See / Popes Dries Vanysacker Spain Rafael Valencia Candalija and J. Luis Pérez Triviño Portugal Álvaro Campelo and Daniel Seabra Part 2: Eastern Europe Introduction Ivo Jirásek Czech Republic Ivo Jirásek and Martina Koerová Poland Micha Mazurkiewicz Slovenia Jernej Pisk Croatia Matija Mato kerbi Romania Pompiliu-Nicolae Constantin Bulgaria Nevena Dimitrova Serbia ore Stefanovi Russia Igor L. Biryukov and Tamara Olenich About the authors and editors Volume 1 Brepols 2026 hardcover