The poisoned chalice

Tait, Jennifer L. Woodruff.

The poisoned chalice Eucharistic grape juice and common-sense realism in Victorian Methodism / [electronic resource] : Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011. - xiii, 189 p. - Religion and American culture . - Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) .

Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis (Duke University, 2005).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What has grape juice to do with common sense? -- Alcohol and science -- Alcohol and the overthrow of reason -- Alcohol, the ideal worker, and the poisoned chalice -- Alcohol and the truth of the Gospel -- Common sense and the common cup -- Juice and cups or wine and chalice? : concluding thoughts on symbolism and minor vices.


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2011.
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Methodist Episcopal Church--Doctrines--History--19th century.


Lord's Supper--Wine--History of doctrines--19th century.
Lord's Supper--Methodist Episcopal Church--History of doctrines--19th century.
Temperance and religion--History--United States--19th century.
Grape juice--History--United States--19th century.


United States--Church history--19th century.


Electronic books.

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