Books by Jim (University of Leeds Parry

Sport science can quantify many aspects of human performance but the spiritual dimensions of sports experience cannot be fully understood through measurement. This work explores these human aspects of sports experience through the perspectives of sport psychology, philosophy, ethics, theology and religious studies.

This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the four-yearly phenomenon that is the modern Olympic Games. It provides a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through the beginnings of the International