Taking up serpents : snake handlers of eastern Kentucky

著者

• Kimbrough, David L.

書誌事項

Taking up serpents : snake handlers of eastern Kentucky

David L. Kimbrough

University of North Carolina Press, c1995

• pbk. : alk. paper

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This is an account of the Holiness Serpent Handlers of eastern Kentucky who originated around 1910 and are, as the author points out, sincere worshippers who honestly believe that they are protected by God when they take up serpents.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA26298568
• ISBN:
  • 0807822272
  • 0807845337
• LCCN: 95003593
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Chapel Hill
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 232 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BX7990.H6
  • DC20 : 289.9
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Snake cults (Holiness churches) -- Kentucky
  • LCSH : Kentucky -- Religious life and customs
  • LCSH : Saylor family