"Fighting Spirit": World War I and the YMCA's Allied Boxing Program
This article highlights the U.S. Armed Forces' appointment of the YMCA to train American soldiers in boxing during World War I and so contributes to scholarly research on religion and war as well as religion and sports. As the YMCA taught the fistic art to white regiments in stateside military...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[2019]
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Religion and American culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 391-430 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ World War
/ Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America
/ Boxing
/ Whites
/ Kampfbereitschaft
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IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America |
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