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- catalog abstract ""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 morals and values in LDS youth. As well as promoting sports as a means of physical and spiritual excellence, Progressive Era Mormons established a variety of institutions such as the Deseret Gymnasium and camps for girls and boys, all designed to compete with more "worldly" attractions and to socialize adolescents into the faith." "Kimball employs a wealth of source material including periodicals, diaries, journals, personal papers, and institutional records to illuminate this hitherto underexplored aspect of the LDS church. In addition to uncovering the historical roots of many Mormon institutions still visible today, Sports in Zion is a detailed look at the broader functions of recreation in society."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12954506.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description ""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 morals and values in LDS youth. As well as promoting sports as a means of physical and spiritual excellence, Progressive Era Mormons established a variety of institutions such as the Deseret Gymnasium and camps for girls and boys, all designed to compete with more "worldly" attractions and to socialize adolescents into the faith." "Kimball employs a wealth of source material including periodicals, diaries, journals, personal papers, and institutional records to illuminate this hitherto underexplored aspect of the LDS church. In addition to uncovering the historical roots of many Mormon institutions still visible today, Sports in Zion is a detailed look at the broader functions of recreation in society."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-212) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 217 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0252028570 (Cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Sport and society".
- catalog isPartOf "Sports and society".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog spatial "Utah".
- catalog subject "790/.088/283 21".
- catalog subject "GV54.U8 K56 2003".
- catalog subject "Mormons Recreation History.".
- catalog subject "Mormons Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Recreation Utah History.".
- catalog tableOfContents ""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.".
- catalog title "Sports in Zion : Mormon recreation, 1890-1940 / Richard Ian Kimball.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".