[PDF.33sb] Taking Up Serpents: A History of Snake Handling

Taking Up Serpents: A History of Snake Handling

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 | #1992590 in Books |  Mercer University Press |  2002-02-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.08 x.76 x6.14l,.85 | File type: PDF | 232 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A Remarkable Ethnography|By William F Rushby|This book is a remarkable study; indeed, one of a kind. The author, a native Appalachian himself, got very close to his subject matter!!! How close is close? He is pictured several times in the book handling snakes himself! All this without simply "going native" and losing his detachment and objectivity.

David Kimbrou|From Library Journal|Kimbrough presents his research, based primarily on oral interviews, on the history of the religious ritual of snake handling. He focuses on the Saylor family to illustrate the evolution of the snake-handling movement, which intensified as t

In Taking Up Serpents: A History of Snake Handling Kimbrough explains the history and practice of serpent-handling believers from the perspective of a respectful and scholarly participant-observer. While this is a story of Kimbrough's experiences with the Saylor family of eastern Kentucky, Kimbrough explains the origins of serpent handling as they emerged in the teachings of George Hensley of the Grasshopper community near Cleveland, Tennessee.Churches that practice snak...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Taking Up Serpents: A History of Snake Handling   |  David L Kimbrough.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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