the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berkeley :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of California Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvi, 301 p., [6] p. of plates :
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ill. ;
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24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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"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