Religion & alcohol : sobering thoughts /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : P. Lang, c2004.
Description:	vi, 262 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Alcoholism -- Religious aspects. Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Religious aspects. Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- History. Alcoholism -- Religious aspects. Drinking of alcoholic beverages. Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Religious aspects. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5540682

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Religion and alcohol
Other authors / contributors:	Robertson, C. K. (Charles Kevin), 1964-
ISBN:	0820467936 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Mixed drinks or mixed message? An introduction / C. K. Robertson
Pt. I. Alcohol in religious traditions
1. "A glutton and a drunkard" : what would Jesus drink? / James McGrath
2. Wine and the Lord's supper in the gospels, Paul, and today / B. J. Oropeza
3. The collar and the bottle : film portrayals of drinking clergy / Teresa Blythe
4. Only in paradise : alcohol and Islam / Arthur James Powell
5. In the presence of the divine : the use of hallucinogens in religious practice / John W. Gamble
Pt. II. Alcohol in historical context
6. Monastic moonshine : alcohol in the middle ages / Deborah Vess
7. The spirits of Christmas : Christian conviviality in the age of Dickens / Gregory Pepetone
8. Southern comfort : indulgence and abstinence in the South / Gary L. Abbott, Sr
9. Recovering religion : the complex legacy of Alcoholics Anonymous / C. K. Robertson
10. Ecstasy and horror : spirituality of drinking / Michael Rusk
Conclusion : shaken and stirred / C. K. Robertson.

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