Objectives: This course will help students develop their capacity to engage in theological reflection and Ignatian discernment on the human ex‧perience of sport in contemporary cultures.

Learning outcomes: Students will be able to articulate the main ele‧ments of a Catholic theology of sport and explain how sport does or does not lead to the integral development of persons, foster the common good and the unity of the human family in their own context.

Contents: After studying the history and theology of Catholic and Je‧suit engagement with sport and themes from papal teaching in this area, we will make use of different academic disciplines to understand the ways con‧temporary sport does or does not lead to the integral development of per‧sons, foster the common good and the unity of the human family.

Methodology: There will be lectures for orientation, class discussions based on course readings and brief written assignments.

Means of evaluation: Students will be evaluated based on brief writ‧ten assignments, class participation, and a final exam in which students will do theological reflection and discernment about some aspect of human ex‧periences of sport in their own cultural context.