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Them that believe : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition

Title
Them that believe : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition / Ralph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson.
Author
Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942-
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors
Williamson, W. Paul (William Paul)
Description
xvi, 301 p., [6] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Snake cults (Holiness churches)
  • Serpents > Religious aspects > Christianity
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
Contents
"They shall take up serpents" -- The history of Pentecostalism absent the serpent -- The media and the man : George Went Hensley -- Serpent handling endorsed by the Church of God -- The serpent : sign and symbol -- Trance states : tongues speaking and the anointing -- Extemporaneous sermons in the serpent-handling tradition -- The experience of handling serpents -- The experience of the anointing -- Near-death experience from serpent bites in religious settings -- Music among serpent-handling churches -- Serpent handling and the law : history and empirical studies.
Call Number
JFE 08-6153
ISBN
  • 9780520231474 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520231473 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520255876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520255879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008010509
OCLC
213495172
Author
Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942-
Title
Them that believe : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition / Ralph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
Added Author
Williamson, W. Paul (William Paul)
Research Call Number
JFE 08-6153
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