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.
- 1 online resource (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.