Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Historical Soundings -- 1.Ancient Sports and Religion -- 2.Classical Sports and Religion -- 3.The Early Church's View of Sport -- 4.Case Study (I): Sport and the Medieval Catholic Church -- 5.Case Study (II): Sport, Puritans and Muscular Christians -- pt. 2 Analytic Soundings -- 6.Notes on Sport: A Working Definition -- 7.Towards a Christian Theology of Sport -- 8.The Liturgical Celebration of Contingency: A Brief Theology of Sport -- 9.Exploration and Explanation: Seven Avenues for Further Thought -- 10.Concluding Comments: Christians and Sport Today.