Them that believe : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition
2008,
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, xvi, 301 pages, [6] pages of plates :
2509391
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Publication information: |
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. |
ISBN: |
0520231473 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN: |
0520255879 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
ISBN: |
9780520231474 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN: |
9780520255876 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Language: |
English |
Record ID: |
2509391 |
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Regular Print Book |
Physical description: |
xvi, 301 pages, [6] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Date acquired: |
October 5, 2009
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More creator details: |
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson. |
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. |
Contributor: |
Williamson, W. Paul (William Paul)
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