Serpent Handling Believers

Author : Thomas G. Burton
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870497889
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Serpent-handling Believers written by Thomas G. Burton and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burton seeks to present a balanced view of the remote churches of East Tennessee where believers take literally the words of Saint Mark: "and they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them."

Author : Dennis Covington
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458766276
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Salvation on Sand Mountain written by Dennis Covington and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Dennis Covington, what began as a journalistic assignment - covering the trial of an Alabama preacher convicted of attempting to murder his wife with poisonous snakes - would evolve into a headlong plunge into a bizarre, mysterious, and ultimately irresistible world of unshakable faith: the world of holiness snake handling, where people drink strychnine, speak in tongues, lay hands on the sick, and, some claim, raise the dead. Set in the heart of Appalachia, Salvation on Sand Mountain is Covington's unsurpassed and chillingly captivating exploration of the nature, power, and extremity of faith - an exploration that gradually turns inward, until Covington finds himself taking up the snakes. University.

Author : David L. Kimbrough
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865547988
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking Up Serpents written by David L. Kimbrough and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Kimbrough explains the history and practice of serpent-handling believers from the pserspective of a respectful and scholarly participant-ovserver.

Author : Ralph Hood
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052094271X
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Them That Believe written by Ralph Hood and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although outlawed in many states, serpent handling remains an active religious practice—and one that is far more stereotyped than understood. Ralph W. Hood, Jr. and W. Paul Williamson have spent fifteen years touring serpent-handling churches in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia, conducting scores of interviews with serpent handlers, and witnessing hundreds of serpent-handling services. In this illuminating book they present the most in-depth, comprehensive study of serpent handling to date. Them That Believe not only explores facets of this religious practice—including handling, preaching, and the near-death experiences of individuals who were bitten but survived—but also provides a rich analysis of this phenomenon from historical, social, religious, and psychological perspectives.

Author : Fred Brown
Publisher : Blair
ISBN 13 : 9780895873521
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Serpent Handlers written by Fred Brown and published by Blair. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In [this book], the authors use extensive interviews with [snake handlers] to tell the stories of three of the most prominent snake-handling families."--Back cover

Author : Julia Duin
Publisher : Univ Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781621903758
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the House of the Serpent Handler written by Julia Duin and published by Univ Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 0857860976
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gospel According to Mark written by and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest of the four Gospels, the book portrays Jesus as an enigmatic figure, struggling with enemies, his inner and external demons, and with his devoted but disconcerted disciples. Unlike other gospels, his parables are obscure, to be explained secretly to his followers. With an introduction by Nick Cave

Author : Peter C. Hill
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9781593851507
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism written by Peter C. Hill and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents an innovative psychological framework for understanding religious fundamentalism. Blending extensive research and incisive analysis, the highly regarded authors distinguish fundamentalist traditions from other faith-based groups and illuminate the thinking and behavior of believers. Offering respectful, historically informed examinations of several major fundamentalist groups, the volume challenges many commonly held stereotypes. In the process, it stakes out important new terrain for the psychological study of religion" -- BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199335249
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Gospels written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bart Ehrman--the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and a recognized authority on the early Christian Church--and Zlatko Plese--a foremost authority on Christian Gnosticism--here offer a valuable compilation of over 40 ancient gospel texts and textual fragments that do not appear in the New Testament. This comprehensive collection contains Gospels describing Jesus's infancy, ministry, Passion, and resurrection, and includes the controversial manuscript discoveries of modern times, such as the Gospel of Thomas and the most recent Gospel to be discovered, the Gospel of Judas Iscariot. Each translation begins with a thoughtful examination of important historical, literary, and textual issues in order to place the Gospel in its proper context. This volume is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in early Christianity and the deeper meanings of these apocryphal Gospels.

Author : Lauren Pond
Publisher : Center for Documentary Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780822370345
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Test of Faith written by Lauren Pond and published by Center for Documentary Studies. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Test of Faith Lauren Pond, Winner of the Honickman First Book Prize in Photography, documents a Signs Following preacher and his family in rural West Virginia, offering a deeply nuanced, personal look at serpent handling that invites a greater understanding of a religious practice that has long faced derision and criticism.