Benjamin René Jordan
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469627656
- eISBN:
- 9781469627670
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469627656.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
Throughout the United States, early Boy Scout officials relied heavily on highly-structured camping and hiking experiences like the Pine Tree Patrol method, Nature Study and its scientific ...
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Throughout the United States, early Boy Scout officials relied heavily on highly-structured camping and hiking experiences like the Pine Tree Patrol method, Nature Study and its scientific classification system, and natural resource conservation activities to teach boy members modern manhood’s values and skills necessary to manage an urban-industrial society and its expert-led government. Administrators insisted that the most important use of natural areas and resources was the “conservation of boyhood,” which entailed managed development of the nation’s key asset (its most capable adolescent boys). By characterizing women and minority and farm boys as too sentimental, selfish, careless, and ignorant to conserve natural resources and interact with nature in other modern and scientific ways, early Boy Scout outdoor programming and imagery helped reinforce a masculine and racial hierarchy of character and citizenship.Less
Throughout the United States, early Boy Scout officials relied heavily on highly-structured camping and hiking experiences like the Pine Tree Patrol method, Nature Study and its scientific classification system, and natural resource conservation activities to teach boy members modern manhood’s values and skills necessary to manage an urban-industrial society and its expert-led government. Administrators insisted that the most important use of natural areas and resources was the “conservation of boyhood,” which entailed managed development of the nation’s key asset (its most capable adolescent boys). By characterizing women and minority and farm boys as too sentimental, selfish, careless, and ignorant to conserve natural resources and interact with nature in other modern and scientific ways, early Boy Scout outdoor programming and imagery helped reinforce a masculine and racial hierarchy of character and citizenship.
Matthew Avery Sutton
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- December 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199372690
- eISBN:
- 9780199372737
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199372690.003.0015
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Millions of Americans believe that the apocalypse is nigh. To examine the influence of apocalypticism on the recent American past, this chapter analyzes the beliefs and convictions of three very ...
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Millions of Americans believe that the apocalypse is nigh. To examine the influence of apocalypticism on the recent American past, this chapter analyzes the beliefs and convictions of three very different individuals—David Koresh, Harold Camping, and Billy Graham. Although the futures that each of them saw differed, they shared much in common. Their work fostered among adherents a powerful sense of purpose and personal identity, helped them interpret the challenges around them, and provided them with a triumphant vision of the future. It offered them the promise of transformation and redemption in a world that seems to lack both. It also served as a call to battle rather than as a justification for withdrawal.Less
Millions of Americans believe that the apocalypse is nigh. To examine the influence of apocalypticism on the recent American past, this chapter analyzes the beliefs and convictions of three very different individuals—David Koresh, Harold Camping, and Billy Graham. Although the futures that each of them saw differed, they shared much in common. Their work fostered among adherents a powerful sense of purpose and personal identity, helped them interpret the challenges around them, and provided them with a triumphant vision of the future. It offered them the promise of transformation and redemption in a world that seems to lack both. It also served as a call to battle rather than as a justification for withdrawal.
