TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hood,Ralph W.
AU  - Williamson,W.Paul
TI  - Them that believe: the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition 
SN  - 9780520231474 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - BX 7990 .H6  H66 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Snake cults (Holiness churches)
KW  - Serpents
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
N1  - 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
ER  -