A Theology of Inferiority: Is Christianity the Source of Kinesiology�s Second-Class Status in the Academy?

• Autores: Gregg Twietmeyer
• Localización: Quest, ISSN 0033-6297, Vol. 60, Nº. 4, 2008, págs. 452-466
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • What influence has Christianity had on kinesiology and physical education�s status in the Academy? Conventional wisdom within kinesiology often seems to argue that the influence has been quite negative. These critics allege that Christianity is a fundamentally dualistic religion. They allege that, at its best, Christianity is suspicious of the body and that, at its worst, Christianity openly proclaims that the body is evil. Despite the popularity of such assertions, there is abundant evidence in both historical and contemporary theology to show that Christianity is a religion in which corporeality plays a central, defining, and positive role. From Saint Paul to Saint Augustine, from Saint Aquinas to the present day, it has been a central doctrine of Christianity that the human body is good and, furthermore, that corporeality plays a vital role in salvation. Consequently, any blanket assertion that Christianity is the source of physical education and kinesiology�s ills is fundamentally misleading and mistaken.