MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008010509
003 DLC
005 20150310081601.0
008 080306s2008 cauaf b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2008010509
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020 $a9780520231474 (cloth : alk. paper)
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020 $a9780520255876 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn213495172
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBX7990.H6$bH66 2008
082 00 $a289.9$222
100 1 $aHood, Ralph W.,$cJr.,$d1942-
245 10 $aThem that believe :$bthe power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition /$cRalph W. Hood, Jr., W. Paul Williamson.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2008.
300 $axvi, 301 p., [6] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
505 0 $a"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.
650 0 $aSnake cults (Holiness churches)
650 0 $aSerpents$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
700 1 $aWilliamson, W. Paul$q(William Paul)
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008010509.html