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Them that believe : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition / Ralph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson.

Hood, Ralph W.; Williamson, W. Paul (William Paul)
2008
289.9 H777t 2008
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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.
ISBN
9780520231474 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520231473 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520255876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520255879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 301 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
289.9 H777t 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)213495172
(OCoLC)213495172
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
"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.
Added Author
Williamson, W. Paul (William Paul)
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