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muscular Christianity

muscular Christianity noun: a movement of Victorian origin stressing the need for energetic Christian activism in combination with an ideal of vigorous masculinity.

Noun

muscular Christianity (uncountable)

  1. A movement of Victorian origin stressing the need for energetic Christian activism in combination with an ideal of vigorous masculinity.
    • Yet even though the attempt was made to transform the church and Sunday school along these lines, the ideals of muscular Christianity were perhaps most efficiently diffused through a proliferation of Christian youth organizations for boys.2001, Priscilla Ferguson Clement, Jacqueline S. Reinier, Boyhood in America, Abc-Clio Incorporated, →ISBN

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Questions about muscular Christianity

What does muscular Christianity mean?
Muscular Christianity means a movement of Victorian origin stressing the need for energetic Christian activism in combination with an ideal of vigorous masculinity.
What part of speech is muscular Christianity?
Muscular Christianity is a noun.

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