The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer That Changed the World
Stephen Mansfield
“You cannot make money from people unless you are willing for people to make money from you.”
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Beer, well respected and rightly consumed, can be a gift of God.
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Beer is not simply a means of drunkenness nor is it merely a lubricant to grease the skids to sin. Beer, well respected and rightly consumed, can be a gift of God. It is one of his mysteries, which it was his delight to conceal and the glory of kings to search out.
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And men enjoy it to mark their days and celebrate their moments and stand with their brothers in the face of what life brings.
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“The Hymn to Ninkasi,”
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St. Arnou, or Arnold, who once said, “From man’s sweat and God’s love, beer came into the world.”
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St. Bartholomew was the patron saint of mead drinkers,
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St. Brigid was the famous Irish saint who labored in a leper colony and once asked God to turn bathwater into beer so that her lepers could also enjoy the taste of brew.
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For Luther, beer flowed best in a vibrant Christian life.
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“a gallon of beer per day was the usual allowance per person, even for nuns.”
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Despite what a company’s advertising may boast, aside from what mascot it adopts or the slogan it uses, it is what is inspired in the life of its people that is the most important indicator of how noble a venture that company may be.
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Drinking with Calvin and Luther: A History of Alcohol in the Church
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