Hierophany and sport

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F23%3A73619665" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/23:73619665 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/9/1102" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/9/1102</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14091102" target="_blank" >10.3390/rel14091102</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Hierophany and sport
Original language description
A deeper understanding of sport cannot remain only in rational discourse that transforms reality into quantified data but must descend into philosophical areas that also accept the multiple figurativeness of symbols. By means of not literal but metaphorical truthfulness, sport can then be examined as a potential space of hierophany, that is, the manifestation of the sacred in the sphere of the profane. The paper argues in favor of the thesis that a more precise description of hierophany can highlight the difference between the presentation and representation of the sacred. While the physical activities that were part of the religious cult of archaic societies can be considered hierophanies in the mode of presentation (making present) of the sacred, no such direct parallel can be drawn for modern sport. Sport can be seen through the lens of implicit religion as a representation (an agency), not a presentation of the sacred.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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