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" Them that believe : "
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson
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BL
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630347
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Hood, Ralph W
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Them that believe : : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition /\ Ralph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, c2008
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xvi, 301 p., [6] p. of plates :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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9780520231474
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: 0520231473
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: 9780520255876
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: 0520255879
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index
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| Contents
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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
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Snake cults (Holiness churches)
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Serpents-- Religious aspects-- Christianity
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BX7990.H6H66 2008
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Williamson, W. Paul, (William Paul)
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