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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"muscular Christianity"”.
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Contemporary American sport, muscular Christianity, Lance Armstrong, and religious experience
This dissertation is an examination of muscular Christian themes in contemporary American sport culture and religious sensibilities. In this project I demonstrate that sport can be viewed in contemporary American culture operating as a culturally influential activity where athletes reproduce …
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Lumberjacks, Muscular Christianity, and Nation Building: Creating an Aspirational Canadian Masculinity, 1820 – 1912
… reform the logger’s image into the embodiment of muscular Christianity by praising the loggers for their rugged manliness that allowed them to reclaim the masculinity that the authors believed was being taken from men who lived in effeminizing urban centres. Further, Canadian textual materials, in …
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Today's boys, tomorrow's men' : a short history of the Boys' Brigade of Britain, with further reference to the Boys' Brigade in South Africa (circa 1880s-1980s)
… in an environment of Liberal Nonconformity, 'muscular' Christianity, and adolescent-centred educational and social outreach, was linked initially to the needs of the Sunday School movement in urban Scotland. From its evangelical and Volunteer base, the Brigade expanded into an international …