Hood, Ralph W. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index. 
<br/><br/>"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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520231474 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520231473 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520255876 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520255879 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008010509 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA877659  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014646703  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Snake cults (Holiness churches)<br/>Serpents--Religious aspects--Christianity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX 7990 .H6   / H66 2008