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- catalog abstract ""The Holiness serpent handlers, who originated around 1910, are one of the most controversial religious groups in America. Their practices have brought them into conflict with authorities many times, and the often sensationalized media accounts of their services fascinate and horrify us. But as David Kimbrough so ably documents, snake handlers are sincere worshipers who honestly believe that they are protected by God when they take up serpents." "Kimbrough traces the snake handlers' belief system to fundamentalist strains that rejected the kind of "intellectual" faiths associated with educated eastern ministers. They sought a folk religion, and lay preachers arose from their ranks to deliver the emotion-laden sermons they demanded. According to Kimbrough, the practitioners of snake handling find comfort in the certainty of scriptural commands, choosing to set themselves apart from the world through a religious practice that they believe aligns them with God and prepares them for a privileged position in the next life. For Kimbrough, snake handling represents an intensification of the fundamentalist impulse rather than a deviation from it."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b8263508.
- catalog coverage "Kentucky Religious life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""The Holiness serpent handlers, who originated around 1910, are one of the most controversial religious groups in America. Their practices have brought them into conflict with authorities many times, and the often sensationalized media accounts of their services fascinate and horrify us. But as David Kimbrough so ably documents, snake handlers are sincere worshipers who honestly believe that they are protected by God when they take up serpents." "Kimbrough traces the snake handlers' belief system to fundamentalist strains that rejected the kind of "intellectual" faiths associated with educated eastern ministers. They sought a folk religion, and lay preachers arose from their ranks to deliver the emotion-laden sermons they demanded. According to Kimbrough, the practitioners of snake handling find comfort in the certainty of scriptural commands, choosing to set themselves apart from the world through a religious practice that they believe aligns them with God and prepares them for a privileged position in the next life. For Kimbrough, snake handling represents an intensification of the fundamentalist impulse rather than a deviation from it."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.".
- catalog description "Snake handlers pass challenge of blowtorch -- The beginning -- The move to Kentucky -- The Saylors -- Industrialization -- Industry and snake handling -- Back to Tennessee -- Fights with the law -- Relying on prayer -- Outmigration and traditions.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 232 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Taking up serpents.".
- catalog identifier "0807822272 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0807845337 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Taking up serpents.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Taking up serpents.".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky Religious life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky.".
- catalog subject "289.9 20".
- catalog subject "BX7990.H6 K46 1995".
- catalog subject "Saylor family.".
- catalog subject "Snake cults (Holiness churches) Kentucky.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Snake handlers pass challenge of blowtorch -- The beginning -- The move to Kentucky -- The Saylors -- Industrialization -- Industry and snake handling -- Back to Tennessee -- Fights with the law -- Relying on prayer -- Outmigration and traditions.".
- catalog title "Taking up serpents : snake handlers of eastern Kentucky / David L. Kimbrough.".
- catalog type "text".