Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-210) and indexes.
Contents:
Alcohol, addiction and Christian ethics -- An addiction in context : the use, misuse and harmful use of alcohol -- Drunkenness as vice in the New Testament -- Drunkenness as intemperance : Augustine, Aquinas, Luther and Whitefield -- Temperance redefined : the nineteenth-century temperance movement -- Addiction as sin and syndrome : the divided self -- Alcohol, addiction and Christian ethics -- Conclusions.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.