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Author Tait, Jennifer L. Woodruff.

Title The poisoned chalice [electronic resource] : Eucharistic grape juice and common-sense realism in Victorian Methodism / Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait.

Imprint Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 189 p.
Series Religion and American culture
Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Note Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis (Duke University, 2005).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Grape juice -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Church history -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780817317195 (cloth alk. paper)
0817317198 (cloth alk. paper)
0817356975
9780817356972
9780817384906 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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