Sports in Zion by Richard Ian Kimball - 9780252076367

Sports in ZionMormon Recreation, 1890-1940\nAuthor(s): Richard Ian Kimball\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252076367, 978-0252076367\nSynopsis\nIf a religion cannot attract and instruct young people, it will struggle to survive, which is why recreational programs were second only to theological questions in the development of twentieth-century Mormonism. In this book, Richard Ian Kimball explores how Mormon leaders used recreational programs to ameliorate the problems of urbanization and industrialization and to 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.\n\nKimball employs a wealth of source ma.