Them that believe : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition /
Hood, Ralph W.
Them that believe : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition / Ralph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xvi, 301 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
"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.
9780520231474 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520231473 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520255876 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520255879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008010509
GBA877659 bnb
014646703 Uk
Snake cults (Holiness churches)
Serpents--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BX 7990 .H6 / H66 2008
Them that believe : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition / Ralph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xvi, 301 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
"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.
9780520231474 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520231473 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520255876 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520255879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008010509
GBA877659 bnb
014646703 Uk
Snake cults (Holiness churches)
Serpents--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BX 7990 .H6 / H66 2008