Muscular Christianity


The practice and opinion of those Christians who believe that it is a part of religious duty to maintain a vigorous condition of the body, and who therefore approve of athletic sports and exercises as conductive to good health, good morals, and right feelings in religious matters.- T. Hughes.
An active, robust, and cheerful Christian life, as opposed to a meditative and gloomy one.- T. Hughes.

See also: Muscular, Muscular