{"product_id":"them-that-believe-the-power-and-meaning-of-the-christian-serpent-handling-tradition-paperback-1","title":"Them That Believe: The Power and Meaning of the Christian Serpent-Handling Tradition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRalph Hood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eW. Paul Williamson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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. \u003ci\u003eThem That Believe \u003c\/i\u003enot 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no competing work that matches \u003ci\u003eThem That Believe\u003c\/i\u003e; it is both original and stimulating. The scholarship is superior, and reflects well the 15 years the authors have worked on this project. This is an outstanding work.--Margaret Poloma, author of \u003ci\u003eMain Street Mystics: The Toronto Blessing and Reviving Pentecostalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book provides one of the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched reports on serpent handling Christians ever written. The use of multiple methodological lenses (e.g., sociology, ethnographic participant-observation, phenomenological psychology) adds a depth and richness not seen in other works. The book is very well written and arranged, and the scholarship is excellent.\"--Stephen Parker, author of \u003ci\u003eLed by the Spirit: Toward a Practical Theology of Pentecostal Discernment and Decision Making\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRalph W. Hood, Jr. \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Psychology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. \u003cb\u003eW. Paul Williamson \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Psychology at Henderson State University. Hood and Williamson are coauthors, with Peter C. Hill, of \u003ci\u003eThe Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.98 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42570916790368,"sku":"9780520255876","price":82.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/blVjR3hhSnN1Y0lzRUtXams2R2dpUT09.webp?v=1770702920","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/them-that-believe-the-power-and-meaning-of-the-christian-serpent-handling-tradition-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}