Description: Muscular Christianity : Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1, Paperback by Putney, Clifford, ISBN 0674011252, ISBN-13 9780674011250, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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 sports and physical education to create an ideal of Christian manliness.
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Book Title: Muscular Christianity : Manhood and Sports in Protestant America,
Number of Pages: 310 Pages
Publication Name: Muscular Christianity : Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Subject: Christianity / Protestant, General, History, Customs & Traditions, United States / General
Publication Year: 2003
Item Height: 0.8 in
Features: Reprint
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Religion, Sports & Recreation, Social Science, History
Author: Clifford Putney
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
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