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Categories related to Snake Handling : Practices : Christianity : Religion and Spirituality : Society:
Regional: North America: United States: Regions: Appalachia: Society and Culture: Religion (6)
Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Denominations: Churches of God: Church of God - Cleveland, Tennessee (159)
Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Denominations: Pentecostalism (1,531)
Websites on Snake Handling:
If God Was a Rattlesnake, Would You Pick it Up?
Review of the book 'Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia' and general discussion of the practice.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Snake Handlers
Article on the practice, with photo and bibliography.
Serpent Handling at Jolo, West Virginia and the Legitimacy of the Marcan Appendix
Article by Howard Dorgan.
Snake Handlers and the Law
Information about laws applicable to religious snake handling in several Appalachian jurisdictions.
Snake Handling
Brief history of the practice and its theological basis, by Dr. R. Alan Streett.
Snake Handling
Brief history of the practice and its theological basis, by Dr. R. Alan Streett.
Snake Handling Pentecostal Sects
Collection of news articles related to snake handling.
Snakebite Kills Preacher: Should Snake Handlers Be Subject to Prosecution?
Snakebite kills local preacher and the press asks, Should snake handlers be subject to prosecution?
Sound Portraits: John Brown, Jr., Serpent Handler
Radio documentary recording the words of a preacher who later died from a snake bite. Includes audio file and transcript.
Taking Up Serpents: A History of Snake Handling
Publisher's synopsis of a scholarly book about the practice, by David Kimbrough.
Wikipedia: Church of God with Signs Following
Article about the Pentecostal holiness churches which practice snake handling.
CBS News: Woman Dies After Snakebite In Church, Kentucky Woman Killed After Being Bitten During Serpent-Handling Service
Linda Long, 48, died after being bitten by a snake during a serpent-handling service at church in London, Kentucky. Handling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in the state. (November 7, 2006)
Snake Handlers Hang On in Appalachian Churches
Article by Brian Handwerk for National Geographic. (April 7, 2003)
Augusta Chronicle: Taking Up Serpents
Article about an incident in which a pastor was bitten and hospitalized also includes an overview of the Holiness snake-handling movement. (June 28, 1996)
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