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They shall take up serpents; psychology of the southern snake-handling cult.

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  • ISBN: 0805204350
  • ISBN: 9780805204353
  • Physical Description: ix, 208 pages illustrations 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York, Schocken Books [1969]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint of the 1962 ed., with a new introd. by the author.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 183-198).
Formatted Contents Note:
The present and recent past -- Origins and early history -- Publicity and persecution -- The interstate convention -- Later history and spread -- Snake cults in Africa -- Classic Near East cults -- Religion and psychiatry -- Biography of a cult leader -- Psychology of a snake cultist -- Psychopathy and culture -- Barefoot and the poor whites.
Subject:
Snake cults (Holiness churches) > Psychology.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Religious life and customs.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library BL 441 .L3 1969 284954 Stacks Reshelving -