Religiös inkludering i idrottsföreningar – en dokumentanalys : En innehållsanalys av religiösa aspekter i idrottsföreningars policydokument med teori om levd religion

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study is to examine how the Swedish Sports Confederation and local sports clubs in Sweden address religious aspects in their policy documents in the context of religious inclusion. This paper highlights whether, and if so, which religious aspects are included and how they are taken into account. The content analysis of sports clubs' policy documents in the study contributes to understanding of general trends in the efforts towards religious inclusion, theorized through the perspective of lived religion. The study reveals that there is a great deal of variation in how sports associations deal with religious aspects in their policy documents. There is also great variation in how the sports clubs implement and interpret the guidelines from the Swedish Sports Confederation regarding religious aspects. A general pattern revealed in the study is that sports clubs have a positive attitude towards everyone's right to participate, but that much responsibility is placed on active members of the club in dealing with religious aspects of sport and how the sports clubs' treatment of religious aspects in their policy documents reflects an everyday adaptation to religious practices, which lived religion theory also highlights. By including material and physical aspects, the associations' work emerges as an adaptation, with leaders and coaches playing a central role in interpreting and shaping an inclusive activity for religious individuals.