Summer07ClassThirteen

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Sporting Faith: 

Sporting Faith Sport and Spiritual Discipline Athletic Feats as Testaments of Spiritual Presence/Power

True to Form: Kyudo Kai: 

True to Form: Kyudo Kai Rick Beal studied Kyudo for two years before he shot a single arrow. Why? Kyodo as Mental/Religious Practice: Patience, grace, spiritual improvement, moving beyond egotistical desire for precision, etc. Bow and Arrow: “They told me who I am” What’s More Important: Shooting the arrow or hitting the target?

Muscular Christianity: 

Muscular Christianity Muscular Christianity - a Christian commitment to health and manliness “Old stock" WASPs were urged to revitalize themselves by embracing a "strenuous life" replete with athleticism and aggressive male behavior. Reaction to non-Protestant immigration and the supposed weakening effects of "feminized" Protestantism The heyday of muscular Christianity in America lasted roughly from 1880 to 1920 

Basketball at the Y: 

Basketball at the Y The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Founded in 1844 The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) Founded in 1855 December 1891, at the International YMCA Training School, James Naismith invented basketball for a "class of incorrigibles“ Naismith: basketball should be played "on such a basis that it will be a factor in the molding of character, as well as … a recreative and competitive sport."

Wooden: The Pyramid of Success: 

Wooden: The Pyramid of Success

Muscular Christianity: The Continuing Tradition: 

Muscular Christianity: The Continuing Tradition Promise Keepers Athletes in Action Fellowship of Christian Athletes The Power Team God’s Power Athletic Organization

Godwrestling: 

Godwrestling Why Are So Many Elite Wrestlers Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Los Angeles LDS Temple

Mormon Wrestling: Olympic Medal Winners: 

Mormon Wrestling: Olympic Medal Winners Cael Sanderson Gold (2004) Rulon Gardner Gold (2000) Bronze (2004) Mark Schultz Gold (1984)

Wrestling, Trauma, and Atonement: 

Wrestling, Trauma, and Atonement Joseph Smith Renowned as a Powerful Wrestler Wrestling as a Mythic Test of Strength and Spirit Spiritual Physicality Wrestling Angels and Demons The Prophet Joseph Smith