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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.Description: xvi, 301 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780520231474 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520231473 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520255876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520255879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BX 7990 .H6  H66 2008
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.
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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.

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