The Appalachian "Other": Academic Approaches to the Study of Serpent-handling Sects

Serpent-handling sects are often portrayed in the media as bizarre Southern cults whose members engage in dangerous primitive rituals. The fact that a religious ritual identified as existing outside the normative boundaries of Christianity, and perhaps religion in general, defines this Christian tra...

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Main Author: Gray-Hildenbrand, Jenna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Religion compass
Year: 2016, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 47-57
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Christianity / Sect / Poisonous snakes / Ritual / Pentecostal churches
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
KBQ North America
KDG Free church
KDH Christian sects
Further subjects:B Literature report 1962-2016
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