tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post1611727030697927573..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Building Bridges from "Muscular Christianity" to "The Tebow Thing"Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-8237856476159961072011-08-08T16:46:54.298-04:002011-08-08T16:46:54.298-04:00Lisa, many thanks. A colleague of mine would forc...Lisa, many thanks. A colleague of mine would force himself to watch MTV for 1 hour a week. That was a few years ago, and I don't know if MTV has retained its popularity. But I think of this as a great act of selflessness!<br /><br />@Hop, You might like Baker's book, as he does a nice job covering the various "muscular" discourses of the era--Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon... You might also find interesting what I'm right now, Rebecca Alpert's _Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball_.Art Remillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03857242536492717015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-21195363457174791812011-08-08T10:38:56.469-04:002011-08-08T10:38:56.469-04:00I had no idea there was a muscular Christianity! ...I had no idea there was a muscular Christianity! As I am sure you know, there was a very popular Muscular Judaism movement, founded by Max Nordau. Out of this movement came the creation of Jewish community centers, where young and old could exercise among other Jews, etc. There were lots of connections between Muscular Judaism and secular Zionism; the idea was that Jewish bodies needed exercising, and that more muscular bodies would make non-Jews take Jews (and their nation-hood) more seriously.bunnyhophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138615382389199412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-32685876966609631532011-08-07T07:14:18.387-04:002011-08-07T07:14:18.387-04:00Thank you Prof. Remillard for this rich article. ...Thank you Prof. Remillard for this rich article. One of the things about using bridges is that we do have to be aware of the world our students inhabit. It is easier to do this when teaching (as I do) in a situation where there is a strong shared culture. I have to say that the older I get, the more concerns I have that I will become so distant from the world of my students (whatever that means), that I won't be able to use such bridges. Thinking about what I'm studying and teaching in ways that connect with the lives of my students requires a bit of unselfishness on my part. It asks that I have them and their lives in mind when I prepare my syllabi and read my texts. Thank you (at the beginning of the school year) for the reminder that doing this will result not only in more effective teaching, but in richer and more thorough history.Lisa Clark Dillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155783885263417225noreply@blogger.com