Muscular Christianity

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Christian movement religious ideology

Muscular Christianity was a Victorian-era Christian movement that emphasized physical strength, athleticism, and moral vigor as expressions of religious faith and manliness.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Muscular Christianity canonical 5
Muscular Christianity movement 1
muscular Christianity 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian movement ⓘ
religious ideology ⓘ
associatedWithCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
associatedWithMovement Christian social reform ⓘ
social gospel ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) ⓘ
surface form: YMCA

YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) ⓘ
surface form: Young Men's Christian Association
continuedInfluenceIn 20th-century American Protestantism ⓘ
evangelical sports ministries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedFor exclusion of women ⓘ
imperialist overtones ⓘ
linking piety with aggression ⓘ
reinforcing gender stereotypes ⓘ
emergedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
emergedInPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
emphasizes courage ⓘ
male leadership ⓘ
moral purity ⓘ
organized athletics ⓘ
outdoor activity ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
physical fitness ⓘ
team sports ⓘ
hasCoreTheme athleticism as moral training ⓘ
character building ⓘ
manliness as a Christian ideal ⓘ
moral vigor ⓘ
physical strength as a Christian virtue ⓘ
self-discipline ⓘ
service and social responsibility ⓘ
hasNotableProponent Charles Kingsley ⓘ
Dwight L. Moody ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
Thomas Hughes ⓘ
hasNotableText Tom Brown's Schooldays ⓘ
Two Years Ago ⓘ
influenced Boy Scouts of America (National Council) ⓘ
surface form: Boy Scouts movement

Christian camping movement ⓘ
Christian college athletics ⓘ
YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) ⓘ
surface form: YMCA movement

modern sports culture ⓘ
influencedBy British public school culture ⓘ
Victorian social values ⓘ
chivalric ideals ⓘ
evangelical Protestantism ⓘ
peakPopularity late 19th century ⓘ
relatedConcept Christian manhood ⓘ
sport evangelism ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Victorian era → hasCulturalMovement → Muscular Christianity ⓘ
Thomas Arnold → movement → Muscular Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: muscular Christianity
Endicott Peabody → movement → Muscular Christianity ⓘ
Charles Kingsley → movement → Muscular Christianity ⓘ
Charles Kingsley → influenced → Muscular Christianity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muscular Christianity movement
Two Years Ago → literaryMovement → Muscular Christianity ⓘ
Two Years Ago → reflectsIdeology → Muscular Christianity ⓘ