Muscular Christianity

Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-674-01125-0
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 550 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Putney, Clifford

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Geschichte des Sports

Über Autor(innen)

Putney, Clifford
Clifford Putney is Assistant Professor of History at Bentley College.