HIST 3109 Lecture 3: History of Alcohol Lecture Three.doc
29 Jan 2015
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Spiritual dimension - intoxicated spirituality leaving the earth with out assistance of alcohol. Catholic promoted wine over other alcohol, and made it central to its rituals. Alcohol was promoted wine which no other religion had done before (excluding bacchus and. Wine important to jews, before christianity and islam, jewish sectors deviated from the approval of wine and their followers. Within christianity debate of importance of wine and this emerges in the 19th c before. Christians could consume wine and it would be healthy beverage, consumed in the bible and seen as positive, if the saviour could drink so could everyone. Changes with safer water becoming available to drink. 16th and 17th c unreasonable to ask people to do something unsafe 1800"s. Born in 19th c denominations formed when temperance and prohibition movements and ideas started. 1500y prohibition in islam has been successful. Sparta in ancient greece, wine or any alcohol was forbidden.
