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Temperance, alcohol, and the American evangelical: a reassessment

Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2009-07, Vol.104 (7), p.1075-1084 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2009 The Author. Journal compilation © 2009 Society for the Study of Addiction ;2009 INIST-CNRS ;Journal compilation © 2009 Society for the Study of Addiction ;ISSN: 0965-2140 ;EISSN: 1360-0443 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02616.x ;PMID: 19563558 ;CODEN: ADICE5

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Title:
Temperance, alcohol, and the American evangelical: a reassessment
Author: Warner, Jessica
Subjects: Abstinence ; Addiction ; Addictive behaviors ; Adult and adolescent clinical studies ; Alcohol ; Alcohol Drinking - history ; Alcoholism ; American history ; Biological and medical sciences ; Christianity - history ; Drug addiction ; England ; Evangelicalism ; Evangelism ; Health ; history ; History, 18th Century ; History, 19th Century ; Humans ; Medical sciences ; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry ; Psychopathology. Psychiatry ; religion ; Religion and Psychology ; Religious beliefs ; Religious history ; Social problems ; temperance ; Temperance - history ; United States ; Vegetarianism
Is Part Of: Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2009-07, Vol.104 (7), p.1075-1084
Description: ABSTRACT Abstinence from alcohol is a way of life for many American evangelicals, with rates of abstention running at over 70% among some Pentecostal denominations. This paper examines the religious beliefs that, historically, have supported teetotalism. The most notable of these is Christian perfection, a doctrine that originated in 18th‐century England, that was then radicalized in America in the early 19th century. Abstinence from alcohol is highest among denominations that make Christian perfection the cornerstone of their teachings, and lowest among those that discount human agency. The paper also argues that 19th‐century American evangelicals were by no means committed uniformly to temperance as a way of life, and that this was especially true of the various Methodist churches.
Publisher: Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0965-2140
EISSN: 1360-0443
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02616.x
PMID: 19563558
CODEN: ADICE5
Source: MEDLINE
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Temperance, alcohol, and the American evangelical: a reassessment

2009 The Author. Journal compilation © 2009 Society for the Study of Addiction ;2009 INIST-CNRS ;Journal compilation © 2009 Society for the Study of Addiction ;ISSN: 0965-2140 ;EISSN: 1360-0443 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02616.x ;PMID: 19563558 ;CODEN: ADICE5

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