Vol. 1 No. 1, February 2022

Connections Between Christianity and Sport in Nigeria’s Context: A Sociological Reflection

Onipede Wusu, PhD

Abstract

Two universal social institutions are key to the discourse contained in this reflection-namely, Christianity and Sport. On one hand, Christianity is a global religion traced to a ‘small group of Jewish disciples in first century Palestine’ (Johnson & Zurlo,2014). The religion is characterised by beliefs and rituals that centre around the virgin birth of Jesus Christ who is believed to have lived, was crucified, buried and resurrected on the third day in the present day Jewish nation of Israel; as the connector between the followers and the Supernatural (Johnson & Zurlo, 2014; Jona & Okou, 2013; Ogunade, 2000).
The term Christians (from which Christianity was derived) has its origin in verse 26 of Chapter 11 of the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, where the disciples were first called Christians (...And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch).

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