FYI--temperance and Coke ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 14:42:20 -0500 From: Gregory Singleton <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: H-Net American Religious History discussion group <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Reply: Evangelicalism and Alcohol From: Elizabeth Whitaker <[log in to unmask]> There was an article in the journal of the American Association of Geographers between about 1980 and the close of 1988 in which a correlation was drawn between the influence of the Evangelicals and the Temperance Movement and the development of carbonated beverages in the Southern U.S. I remember reading the article, but I didn't photocopy it, and I do not have access to this journal at my present location. Two of the most well-known carbonated beverages (Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola) were invented in the Southern U.S., as well as a host of others. These were all very high in sugar and caffeine. (To this day, many Southerners drink one of these beverages instead of a cup of coffee or a cup of tea in the morning.) The influence of the Evangelical denominations in the Southern U.S. is still quite significant: few politicians here care to challenge any of these churches. Elizabeth Whitaker [log in to unmask] Independent Scholar in South Carolina