Muscular Christianity

Muscular Christianity is a movement which started during the Victorian era. It stressed the need for active Christian activism and belief of vigorous masculinity. It is most associated with the English writers Charles Kingsley and Thomas Hughes, and in Canada with Ralph Connor. Kingsley and Hughes promoted physical strength and health (at least for men) as well as an active pursuit of Christian ideals in personal life and politics.

Muscular Christianity has continued itself through organisations that combine physical and Christian spiritual development. It is influential within both Catholicism and Protestantism.

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The Manly Christ: a New View. Robert Warren Conant. 1904.
The Masculine Power of Christ; or, Christ Measured as a Man. Jason Noble Pierce. 1912.

Category:History of Christianity
Category:19th century