Six Sermons on Intemperance
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Six Sermons on Intemperance is a series of influential early 19th-century temperance sermons by Lyman Beecher that helped spark and shape the American temperance movement.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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religious text ⓘ temperance literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Protestant reform
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Lyman Beecher ⓘ moral suasion strategy in temperance activism ⓘ |
| author | Lyman Beecher ⓘ |
| circulation | widely circulated in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
Christian literature
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moral reform literature ⓘ sermon collection ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Sermon I
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Sermon I ⓘ
surface form:
Sermon II
Sermon I ⓘ
surface form:
Sermon III
Sermon I ⓘ
surface form:
Sermon IV
Sermon I ⓘ
surface form:
Sermon V
Sermon I ⓘ
surface form:
Sermon VI
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| historicalSignificance |
helped shape early temperance ideology in the United States
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helped spark the American temperance movement ⓘ |
| impact |
encouraged formation of temperance societies
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increased public awareness of alcohol-related problems ⓘ |
| influenced |
temperance movement
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surface form:
American temperance movement
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| intendedAudience |
American Protestantism
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surface form:
American Protestants
moral reformers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | didactic prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian ethics
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alcohol abuse ⓘ temperance ⓘ |
| movement | American temperance movement ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
Massachusetts ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| publisher | T. R. Marvin ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| religiousTradition | Protestantism ⓘ |
| setting | early 19th-century United States ⓘ |
| theme |
moral dangers of alcohol
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reform of personal habits ⓘ reform of society ⓘ religious duty of abstinence ⓘ social consequences of intemperance ⓘ |
| theologicalPerspective | Calvinist ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | early 19th-century American society ⓘ |
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