Was C. S. Lewis a "muscular" Christian?
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No.
C.S. Lewis converted to Christianity in 1931. While there is no doubt that Muscular Christianity, as a movement, was still around at that time, the largest proponents for muscular Christianity, Charles Kingsley and Thomas Hughes, died before 1900.
This, of course, does not preclude C.S. Lewis from adhering to these views. However, his corpus does not include any significant writings regarding Muscular Christianity.
We can presume that even if he held these beliefs (as your quotes suggest), he was not a vehement supporter of this movement, due to his lack of writing on the subject.
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