Sports in Zion : Mormon Recreation, 1890-1940 /

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"Sports in Zion is the first in-depth study of the central role sports and leisure played in shaping the modern Mormon religion. In this book, Richard Ian Kimball explores how Mormon leaders tapped the potential of using recreational programs to ameliorate the problems of the city and inculcate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kimball, Richard Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mormonen
Sport
Erholung
Recreation.
Mormons > Social life and customs.
Mormons > Recreation.
Mormons > Moeurs et coutumes.
Loisirs > Utah > Histoire.
Mormons > Loisirs > Histoire.
Recreation > Utah > History.
Mormons > Recreation > History.
Utah
Utah.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Not playing without a purpose" : the construction of a Mormon recreation ideology
  • "A strong arm to the church" : recreation building boom
  • "For the uplifting and the betterment of the youth of Israel" : athletics, socialization, and the "selling of the word of wisdom"
  • "A means of preserving the memory of the Mormon pioneers" : LDS recreation in the great outdoors
  • "To make the most of leisure" : recreation responds in a depression decade.

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