Output details
26 - Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism
York St John University
Article title
Sport, spirityalita e religione: "Muscular Christianity" e oltre
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
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Title of journal
Religioni e Societa Rivista di scienze sociali della religione
Article number
-
Volume number
26
Issue number
71
First page of article
79
ISSN of journal
0394-9397
Year of publication
2011
URL
-
Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
During the nineteenth century the English public schools and the Protestant church in Britain played a formative role in the growth of modern sport through the ideology of ‘muscular Christianity’. Modern-day evangelical Protestant organisations, such as, Christians in Sport in the UK and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in the US, have resurrected many of the basic theological principles used to promote sport / physical fitness in Victorian Britain. This paper examines the historical and theological development of muscular Christianity and how this has impacted the relationship between sport and religion in modern Britain and North America.
