Talk:Muscular Christianity

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There are lovely references on this article, but IMHO, the article is totally wrong. Muscular Christianity was a flavor of theology, which although health-positive, was not centered around athletics. With luck I will return to this page with references to fix. (Added 06:24, 24 July 2007 by 71.112.140.115)

Does service with the military promote muscular Christianity? Some info at this link Towards a Christian Masculinity for the Armed Forces might be added in. Springnuts 19:39, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Well. Hm. No occurrences of "muscular", "Kingsley", or "Hughes", so I for one don't have the expertise to say, although it seems reasonable. I'm hoping the anonymous person who contributed above will bring in some references on the original meaning—assertive Christianity fighting injustice, or something, all consistent with physical training—and the transition to what seems like a modern usage—Christianity for athletes (and military men?). —JerryFriedman 16:09, 14 September 2007 (UTC)