Colin Kaepernick, Tim Tebow, and the magic of comparison: muscular Christianity as white racial frame

This article explores how muscular Christianity operates as a media frame for athlete religiosity and how the muscular Christian frame contributes to essentialist and racialised stereotypes about Black and white athletes, which in turn reinforce ‘common-sense’ assumptions around black and white reli...

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Authors: Smith, Zachary T. (Author) ; Winemiller, Samuel (Author) ; Welch, Natalie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor and Francis Group 2021
In: Culture and religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 184-212
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kaepernick, Colin 1987- / Tebow, Tim 1987- / USA / Sports journalism / Christianity / Religiosity / Racism / Whites / Blacks / History 2008-2018
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
CH Christianity and Society
KBQ North America
TK Recent history
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Tim Tebow
B Media framing
B sport and religion
B Muscular Christianity
B Colin Kaepernick
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