Them that believe : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition /
Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942-
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, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Explores the religious practice of serpent handling in churches of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia. This book provides an analysis of this phenomenon from historical, social, religious, and psychological perspectives. It deals with the near-death experiences of individuals who were bitten but survived.
In English.
9780520942714 (electronic bk.) 052094271X (electronic bk.) 0520255879 (paper) 0520231473 (cloth) 9780520231474 (cloth) 9780520255876 (paper) 1282360809 9781282360808 9786612360800 6612360801
10.1525/9780520942714 doi
22573/cttt4623 JSTOR
Snake cults (Holiness churches)
Serpents--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Serpents--Culte (Holiness churches)
Serpents--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
RELIGION--Messianic Judaism.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Serpents--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Snake cults (Holiness churches)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BX7990.H6 / H66 2008eb
289.9
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, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Explores the religious practice of serpent handling in churches of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia. This book provides an analysis of this phenomenon from historical, social, religious, and psychological perspectives. It deals with the near-death experiences of individuals who were bitten but survived.
In English.
9780520942714 (electronic bk.) 052094271X (electronic bk.) 0520255879 (paper) 0520231473 (cloth) 9780520231474 (cloth) 9780520255876 (paper) 1282360809 9781282360808 9786612360800 6612360801
10.1525/9780520942714 doi
22573/cttt4623 JSTOR
Snake cults (Holiness churches)
Serpents--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Serpents--Culte (Holiness churches)
Serpents--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
RELIGION--Messianic Judaism.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Serpents--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Snake cults (Holiness churches)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BX7990.H6 / H66 2008eb
289.9