Sports in Zion

Author： Kimball   Richard Ian  

Publisher： University of Illinois Press‎

Publication year： 2003

E-ISBN: 9780252091612

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780252076367

Subject： B976.3 Protestant (Protestant, Protestant)

Keyword： 宗教,体育

Language： ENG

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If a religion cannot attract and instruct young people, it will struggle to survive, which is why recreational programs were second only to theological questions in the development of twentieth-century Mormonism. While scholars have paid much attention to the Latter-day Saints' religious history, Sports in Zion is the first in-depth study of the central role sports and leisure played in shaping the modern Mormon religion.

Chapter

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Religion, Reform, and Recreation

1. "Not Playing without a Purpose": The Construction of a Mormon Recreation Ideology

2. "A Strong Arm to the Church": Recreation Building Boom

3. "For the Uplifting and the Betterment of the Youth of Israel": Athletics, Socialization, and the "Selling of the Word of Wisdom"

Illustrations follow page 124

4. "A Means of Preserving the Memory of the Mormon Pioneers": LDS Recreation in the Great Outdoors

5. To Make the Most of Leisure: Recreation Responds in a Depression Decade

Conclusion: Recreation Recedes

Bibliography

Index

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