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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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Religion compass
Year: 2016, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 47-57 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Christianity
/ Sect
/ Poisonous snakes
/ Ritual
/ Pentecostal churches
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| 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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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |