Training for the "Unknown and Unknowable": CrossFit and Evangelical Temporality
This article looks at the relationship between the U.S. military and CrossFit, a functional fitness training method and sport, and focuses on how their affinities coalesce around the idea of preparedness. CrossFit makes a sport and spectacle out of preparing for the "unknown and unknowable"...
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Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 11 |
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evangelical temporality
B preparedness B generic evangelicalism B Premillennialism B CrossFit B Military |
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