Several articles on this site are for the weak, effeminate, and void of
modern religion, especially Christianity, and that is certainly true, but
if I were to tell you that this crisis of religion effeminate has already
taken place, and physical culture is an important weapon in the fight
against this?
The 19th century crises of Abrahamic religion
For the purposes of this article, we'll look at two competing religion
muscle movements that emerged in the 19th century: muscular Christianity
and Judaism muscle.
Muscular Christianity began as a reaction to a problem that seems very
familiar to many of you: in the 18th and 19th centuries, attendance at
Christian churches (especially Protestant churches) was heavily biased
towards a female audience & # 8212; and it was almost entirely caused by
the practice of preachers at that time.
Like other articles on this site have pointed out, Christianity is not in
itself a religion effeminate, but the practice of it, as now, is feminine
nature: concepts such as bridal mysticism & # 8212; a medieval design
essentially the design of the worshiper as consort or lover of Christ,
largely created by female mystics like Mechthild & # 8212; leading to a
growing feminization of religion and more women attracted to it. The church
would respond by catering more to that audience, and the cycle repeats. It
seems that, as now, the church has always been a company in part. Note
that, even today, many ecclesiastical language refers to being in love with
Jesus or similar.
Realizing that this language was quite failed to connect to male and
female, different social reformers throughout the Anglosphere have sought
to inject a small part of the barbarian virtues & # 8221; Theodore
Roosevelt's language, again in Christianity, combine the sweet virtues and
ethics of religion with a male physical appearance, camraderie and honor.
Thus we see in the 19th century, flowering sports organizations such as the
YMCA, as for sports, especially team sports, have been considered as a way
to cultivate the masculine and feminine virtues that would create a well
balanced worshiper . In the words of Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays
fame & # 8230;
& # 8230; a man's body is given form and humiliated him, and then used for
the protection of the weak, advancing the just causes, and the conqueror of
the land that God gave to the children of men.
In the New Testament to the Old
Not to be outdone by the pagans, muscular Judaism arose at about the same
time, with a broadly similar objective; while muscular Judaism has
different shades imperialist / missionaries Muscular Christianity had, the
goal was still to cultivate the mental and physical properties to revive
the nation of the Jewish people in the long term and more immediately to
counter stereotype of Jews as a weak and dyspeptic people that is still
common in anti-Semitic representations.
In both religions, the idea was to combine ethics with religion & # 8221
barbarian; masculinity, and a partial emphasis on sport and physical
culture in addition to liturgical teachings.
Max Nordau, coiner of the term & # 8221 Muscular Judaism; and the possessor
of a truly manly set of facial hair
The religious argument
In both cases, it should be stressed that the opinion was hardly universal
in the need for this & # 8212; many religious leaders felt that focusing on
both the body was an unnecessary distraction from the really important
(spiritual). However, keep in mind that the paradox of having a religious
component to fitness, most pagan disciplines, has always been seen as a
compromise rather than pure religious & # 8221;.
Indeed, it seems to me that every idea was something of a lesser evil, that
it was better to have men somewhat barbaric in some barbarized church, then
male men avoid completely the church and turn to crime and degeneration.
Indeed, I have always maintained the same: despite it's inherent primalism,
strength and vigor are all things, including the gentle virtues and # 8212;
and both I and the 19th century church fathers would probably agree with
its necessity as a base before said softer virtues were created.
Or to put it in the jargon of the YMCA, the harmonization of mind, body and
soul, represented by the inverted red triangle logo. Indeed, this seems to
be a good approximation of the objectives of neomasculinity.
Implications for today
As some have noted, today's Culture doesn t really generates a lot of love
of religion, and even those who are against the widespread degeneration of
the air time of the gift does seem to be effective to save those who church
attendance tracking numbers. Indeed, the overwhelming majority of Christian
denominations today are essentially the participants and hemorrhage # 8212,
and who can blame them? They essentially turned into, as a former writer
ROK has, service industries for women & # 8220;.
I'm not a religious man myself, but the approach of muscle religion can be
effective: the Jews were soon over-represented in Austria-Hungary's Olympic
teams and church attendance skyrocketed among the men a good half-century.
If you want to revive masculinity & # 8212; and probably we do & # 8212;
focus on physical culture seems to be as good as any a place to start, and
if masculinity could be encouraged and be reborn in a more religious age, I
don t see why it can t be done in this less religious age.
As a side note, those concerned about the rise of anti-Semitism might want
to promote a revival of Muscular Judaism among the Chosen People & # 8212;
I certainly think the kinds Nordau would be much more respected than the
cavalcade of modern American Jews seem to intend to embody both negative
stereotypes of their people.
Just talk casually, I highly doubt that members, for example, the athletic
club Hakoah Vienna would be the kinds of Jews and promotion # 8220; POZ and
degeneration
No matter what religion you are, you can train diligently you, and
encourage others to do the same, and encourage them to embrace the
masculine virtues. If we could do it in 1800, we can do it now.
Read more: Is Neomasculinity Create new Patriarchal religion?
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