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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©2011.
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Colección: | Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.