Sport en de Bijbel

Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte

doi:10.21827/TR.66.4.331-343

Sport en de Bijbel

Translated title of the contribution: Sport and the Bible

Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte

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The New Testament speaks positively of physical exercise once (1 Tim. 6:12). It also emerges metaphorically as an image for the believer's life (1 Cor. 9:24-27). This metaphorical use has its background in the everyday world of the early Christians. In that world, sport as important as it is today. Interestingly, the theme of 'training', askesis, is the root of the phenomenon of 'asceticism'. For many, the ideal believer wore himself out and hardened the body to become a champion of renunciation in order to draw closer to God. In moderate form, the ascetic ideal was maintained in Reformation theology. It is still relevant today.

Translated title of the contribution	Sport and the Bible
Original language	Dutch
Pages (from-to)	331-343
Number of pages	13
Journal	Theologia Reformata
Volume	66
Issue number	4
Early online date	5 Dec 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21827/TR.66.4.331-343
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

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