Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elisangela Venancio Ananias protegido.pdf: 1890910 bytes, checksum: 615abb384d98c008906f453d6bfd121b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-11-07 / The present research had as objective to establish where moment of the Brazilian scene had the necessity of the foundation of the Movement Athlete of Christ. The analysis of the social context, politician, economic, sporting and religious, in which the Movement was established Athlete of Christ, contributed for the understanding of the nature of the relations between Sport and Religion, in Modernity. This movement of Christians athletes came to play role of mediator between the Fields Religious and Sporting of the time that kept, until then, queerness relations. The theoretical picture is composed for a presentation of the history of the modern sport in occident, centuries XIX and XX. The social theory of Pierre Bourdieu on the analysis of the concepts of Habitus e Field, had based the quarrel of the hypotheses, as for the understanding of the Field Sporting and Religious. The field research was of qualitative nature, with analysis of primary and secondary sources; the collection of data consisted of the participant comment of the periodic meetings of the Movement Athlete of Christ, of the critical reading of 80 certifications of athlete of Christ and of the interviews with athlete and directors of the Movement. By means of the theoretical reference and the research of field, we could verify our hypotheses, answering the two questions that if had shown central offices to this research: the Movement Athlete of Christ was established in the bulge of the process of changes of years 60 that it constituted the Sporting Field and the Religious one; e, the second question, the Movement Athlete of Christ, to the established being, two fields made possible the insertion of Christians athletes in these / A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo estabelecer em que momento do cenário brasileiro houve a necessidade da fundação do Movimento Atletas de Cristo. A análise do contexto social, político, econômico, esportivo e religioso, no qual foi fundado o Movimento Atletas de Cristo, contribuiu para a compreensão da natureza das relações entre Esporte e Religião, na Modernidade. Este movimento de atletas evangélicos veio a desempenhar papel de mediador entre os Campos Religioso e Esportivo da época que mantinham, até então, relações de estranheza. O quadro teórico é composto por uma apresentação da história do esporte moderno no ocidente, nos séculos XIX e XX. A teoria social de Pierre Bourdieu sobre a análise dos conceitos de Habitus e Campo, embasaram a discussão das hipóteses, no que se refere à compreensão do Campo Esportivo e Religioso. A pesquisa de campo foi de natureza qualitativa, com análise de fontes primárias e secundárias; a coleta de dados consistiu na observação participante das reuniões periódicas do Movimento Atletas de Cristo, na leitura crítica de 80 testemunhos de atletas de Cristo e nas entrevistas com atletas e diretores do Movimento. Mediante o referencial teórico e a pesquisa de campo, pudemos verificar nossas hipóteses, respondendo a duas questões que se mostraram centrais a essa pesquisa: o Movimento Atletas de Cristo foi fundado no bojo do processo de mudanças dos anos 60 que constituiu o Campo Esportivo e o Religioso; e, a segunda questão, o Movimento Atletas de Cristo, ao ser fundado, possibilitou a inserção de atletas evangélicos nesses dois campos

The aim of the thesis is to describe relationships between spirituality, Christianity and sport in history and present. In the first part the author underlines ritual origins of games and sports in pre-Christian cultures, especially ancient Greece and Rome. Revolutionary Christianity separated physical competition from religious ritual. In Christian author´s (Paul, Tertullian, Basil, John Chrysostom, John Cassian and John Climacus) games rating there is an obvious ambiguity They criticized an idolatric origin and connection with cults. Attributes typical for ancient athlete, self-discipline and perseverance, they remained positive. Athletes will and willingness to overcome obstacles gave some of the Fathers of the Church as an example for spiritual struggle, the term "athlete of Christ" had a strong significance in this context. The historical part contains Thomas´s Aquinas valuation of sport in the form of games. In discussion focused on the assessment of the sinful nature of games Aquinas submitted to the rule of reason. One of the key issues in contemporary theology of sport is introduced on the difference between the theological concepts of contemporary authors Rev Dr Lincoln Harvey and Rev Dr Robert Ellis. Harvey's theory, based on a systematic basis, based on the classical axioms of Christian doctrine. Sport is construed as a "liturgy of our contingency", set in the autonomous space that God lovingly gives his creatures. The consequence of this theory is the denial of the transcendent dimension of sport. Ellis´s theory is based on empirical research conducted among athletes. His attention is focused on efforts to achieve the best possible performance by referring to Irenaeus of Lyon, Maslow and others interpreted as a reflection of God's self-transcendence necessary for the creation of man. Sport according to Ellis in contemporary society fullfil some of the functions previously belonging to organized forms of religion. The final section deals with altered states of consciousness in sports and their relationship to the mystique. The author begins by describing his own experiences that are then interpreted from five points of view (philosophical, theological, phenomenological, transpersonal and skeptical). On this basis, the author formulates his own interpretation of the connection between sport and mysticism, whose findings help to deepen the above discussion and also can help with looking for a solution.