- Additional Authors
- Williamson, W. Paul (William Paul)
- Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 301 p., [6] p. of plates) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Them that believe (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Them that believe (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2008010509
- OCLC
- ssj0000311314
- Author
Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942-
- Title
Them that believe [electronic resource] : 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.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Williamson, W. Paul (William Paul)