 | 1859 - 522 pages
...Lrutnl [¡assious which he seems to think it a necessity, and rather a fine thing than otherwise, Ui indulge and obey. Whereas, so far as I know, the least...earth which God has given to the children of men. Ho does not hold that mere strength or activity are in themselves worthy of any respect or worship,... | |
 | Moses Coit Tyler - Athletic clubs - 1869 - 226 pages
...belief, that a man's body is given him to be trained and brought into subjection, and then used for _the protection of the weak, the advancement of all righteous...earth which God has given to the children of men.' "Jn still another view of the subject, Muscular Christianity seems to me to be a vindication of the... | |
 | Edward R. Norman - History - 2002 - 212 pages
...Christianity, he wrote, 'has hold of the old chivalrous and Christian belief, that a man's body is given to him to be trained and brought into subjection, and...of the earth which God has given to the children of men'.64 Here, then, was a clear link: those who would perform practical work for the betterment of... | |
 | David L. Chapman - Bodybuilders - 1994 - 280 pages
...strength to good effect. It had been granted to him in order to be used, in the words of one authority, "for the protection of the weak, the advancement of...of the earth which God has given to the children of men."30 From its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century, muscular Christianity caught on with amazing... | |
 | Jeffrey Richards - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 530 pages
...muscular Christians has hold of the old chivalrous and Christian belief, that a man's body is given to him to be trained and brought into subjection, and...of the earth which God has given to the children of men.11 For Hughes, fighting included self-conquest, moral crusading, and self-defence. He also added... | |
 | Helmut Kuzmics, Roland Axtmann - Social Science - 2007 - 388 pages
...muscular Christians has hold of the old chivalrous and Christian belief, that a man's body is given to him to be trained and brought into subjection and...of the earth which God has given to the children of man. (Quoted in Girouard 1981: 142) The 'muscular Christian' was physically strong and hardy, yet also... | |
 | Radhika Mohanram - 241 pages
...muscular Christians has hold of the old chivalrous and Christian belief that a man's body is given to him to be trained and brought into subjection and...of the earth which God has given to the children of men.42 The connection between muscular Christianity and imperialism ("subduing of the earth which God... | |
 | Helen Rose Ebaugh - Social Science - 2007 - 432 pages
...honor, and service" (Putney, 2001, p. 15). In an 1861 sequel, Hughes celebrated muscular Christians: "The least of the muscular Christians has hold of...earth which God has given to the children of men" (1861, p. 83). Notions about muscular Christianity in the British schools expanded, resulting in "the... | |
 | 1866 - 324 pages
...but the former in it without principle, and for sensual, selfish and cruel ends. Whereas, so far аз I know, the least of the muscular Christians has hold...protection of the weak, the advancement of all righteous causas, and the subduing of the earth which God haa given to the children of men." In still another... | |
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I know, the least of the muscular Christians has hold of the old chivalrous and Christian belief, that a man's body is given him to be trained and brought into subjection, and then used for the protection of the weak, the advancement of all righteous... 