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Test of Faith - Signs, Serpents, Salvation (Hardcover): Lauren Pond

Test of Faith - Signs, Serpents, Salvation (Hardcover)

Lauren Pond

Series: Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography

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Pentecostal serpent handlers, also known as Signs Followers, hold a literal interpretation of a verse in the New Testament's Gospel of Mark which states that, among other abilities, true believers shall be able to "take up serpents." For more than a century members of this uniquely Appalachian religious tradition have handled venomous snakes during their worship services, risking death as evidence of their unwavering faith. Despite scores of deaths from snakebite and the closure of numerous churches in recent decades, there remains a small contingent of serpent handlers devoted to keeping the practice alive. Who are the serpent handlers? What motivates them to continue their potentially lethal practices through the generations? Documentary photographer Lauren Pond traveled to West Virginia in search of answers to these questions. There she met Pastor Randy "Mack" Wolford, one of the best-known Signs Following preachers in the region, and spent the following year documenting Mack and his family. The course of her work changed dramatically in May 2012, when Mack, then forty-four years old, suffered a fatal rattlesnake bite during a worship service she attended. Pond photographed the events that followed and has continued her relationship with Mack's family. Test of Faith provides a deeply nuanced, personal look at serpent handling that not only invites greater understanding of a religious practice that has long faced derision and criticism; it also serves as a meditation on the photographic process, its ethics, and its capacity to generate empathy. Published by Duke University Press and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University

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Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography
Release date: November 2017
First published: 2017
Authors: Lauren Pond
Dimensions: 254 x 279 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-7034-5
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Individual photographers
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > Pentecostal Churches
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > Pentecostal Churches
Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > Pentecostal Churches
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LSN: 0-8223-7034-4
Barcode: 9780822370345

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