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Week 5 Forum : Religion's Role in Sport Participation

Week 5 Forum : Religion's Role in Sport Participation

Q During this week, we have covered Muscular Christianity and the introduction of the YMCA and early fitness as it relates to religion. In your words, describe how religion played a major role in the introduction of sport in the US and how it spread. You can even include another prompting question for your classmates.

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Physical Fitness and its accompanying sporting activities were promoted by Christian leaders in America. Christian leaders were successful in portraying fitness and sports as a means of maintaining absolute physical purity. It was also viewed as a means of maintaining the unity between body and soul.