[PDF.29au] Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920

Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920

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 | #425941 in Books |  Harvard University Press |  2003-04-30 |  2003-02-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x.94 x6.13l,1.02 | File type: PDF | 310 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Well Researched|By Voltman|This was a very well researched and organised work. I found it interesting and entertaining for an academic work on Muscular Christianity. The quotes and references give a good description of the movement and the age, and I was able to connect some of the identified challenges of the era with the present day. I believe there is still a need to reac|From Publishers Weekly|Long relegated to occasional academic journal articles and mediocre, hagiographic books, the relationship between Protestantism and sports in America now has the definitive treatise the topic has long deserved. Bentley College's Putney sur

Dissatisfied with a Victorian culture focused on domesticity and threatened by physical decline in sedentary office jobs, American men in the late nineteenth century sought masculine company in fraternal lodges and engaged in exercise to invigorate their bodies. One form of this new manly culture, developed out of the Protestant churches, was known as muscular Christianity. In this fascinating study, Clifford Putney details how Protestant leaders promoted competitive spo...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920   |  Clifford Putney. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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