The poisoned chalice : Eucharistic grape juice and common-sense realism in Victorian Methodism

The poisoned chalice : Eucharistic grape juice and common-sense realism in Victorian Methodism /

This work examines the introduction of grape juice into the celebration of Holy Communion in the late 19th century Methodist Episcopal Church and reveals how a 1,800-year-old practice of using fermented communion wine became theologically incomprehensible in a mere forty years. Through study of deno...

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Main Author: Tait, Jennifer L. Woodruff
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011
Series:Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Subjects:
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.
Grape juice > History > 19th century.
United States > Church history > 19th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.

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