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    The Word was made flesh: The male body in sports evangelism

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    Genre
    Thesis/Dissertation
    Date
    2016
    Author
    Strednak Singer, Scott Donald
    Advisor
    Alpert, Rebecca T. (Rebecca Trachtenberg), 1950-
    Committee member
    Levitt, Laura, 1960-
    Rey, Terry
    Watt, David Harrington
    Sachs, Michael L.
    Department
    Religion
    Subject
    Religion
    Gender Studies
    American Studies
    Christianity
    Evangelical
    Masculinity
    Popular Culture
    Sports
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/3597
    Abstract
    This dissertation explores the functions of athletic male bodies within sports evangelism. I argue that the production of the male body within sports evangelism – both physical and symbolic - plays an integral part in the mission of Christian athletes by using the body as a medium for conveying religious messages about masculinity to young men. I focus upon sports evangelism as both entertainment spectacle and as a performance of masculinity, the commercialization of evangelism in the contemporary United States, legitimated violence as religious expression, and the paradoxical relationship between bodily improvement and bodily harm within sports. I begin with a review of the sports and religion literature, identifying common themes and shortcomings, with particular regard to how Christian athletes supplement their oral ministrations with physical action. Following this, I offer a very broad survey the role of sports as socializing institutions within Western Christian history, culminating in the 20th century transition from an athletic culture driven primarily by participation to one primarily driven by consumption and spectatorship. The remaining chapters are case studies of how sports ministries and evangelical athletes have championed particular political positions from the 1980s to the present. I conclude by discussing the limits of these performances of masculinity, highlighting how masculinist fantasies of power and Christian identity in sports evangelism support conservative Christian political practices and ideologies, inscribed on the bodies of participants.
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