03160nam 2200649 a 450 991080919210332120240516102515.00-8173-8490-1(CKB)2550000000082050(EBL)835678(OCoLC)772845398(SSID)ssj0000606600(PQKBManifestationID)11379759(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606600(PQKBWorkID)10582135(PQKB)10095520(MiAaPQ)EBC835678(MdBmJHUP)muse9115(Au-PeEL)EBL835678(CaPaEBR)ebr10527735(EXLCZ)99255000000008205020100803d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe poisoned chalice Eucharistic grape juice and common-sense realism in Victorian Methodism /Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20111 online resource (208 p.)Religion and American cultureBased on the author's Ph. D. thesis (Duke University, 2005).0-8173-1719-8 0-8173-5697-5 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. 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 denominational publications, influential exegetical works, popular fiction and songs, and didactic moral literature, Jennifer Woodruff Tait charts the development of opposing symbolic associations for wine and grape juice. She argues that 19th century Methodists, steeped in Baconian models ofReligion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)Lord's SupperWineHistory of doctrines19th centuryLord's SupperMethodist Episcopal ChurchHistory of doctrines19th centuryTemperance and religionUnited StatesHistory19th centuryGrape juiceUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesChurch history19th centuryLord's SupperWineHistory of doctrinesLord's SupperMethodist Episcopal ChurchHistory of doctrinesTemperance and religionHistoryGrape juiceHistory264/.07036097309034Tait Jennifer L. Woodruff1717922MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809192103321The poisoned chalice4114536UNINA