Them That Believe: The Power and Meaning of the Christian Serpent-Handling Tradition

Them That Believe: The Power and Meaning of the Christian Serpent-Handling Tradition
ISBN-10
0520231473
ISBN-13
9780520231474
Category
Religion
Pages
301
Language
English
Published
2008-09-02
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Authors
Ralph Hood, W. Paul Williamson

Description

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.

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