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Them that believe : the power and meaning of the Christian serpent-handling tradition /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520942714 052094271X 0520255879 0520231473 9780520231474 9780520255876 1282360809 9781282360808 9786612360800 6612360801 |