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Home / Society / Religion and Spirituality / Christianity / Topics / Snake Handling
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- 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.
www.augustachronicle.com/headlines/062996/062996serpent.html
- 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.
www.ralphmag.org/snake.html
- Religious Movements: Snake Handlers - Discussion of the beliefs and history of serpent handling religion in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, as well as legal and other issues associated with the practice.
religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Snakes.html
- Snake Handlers - Discussion of the religious beliefs and worship practices of groups that practice serpent handling, including the history of these traditions.
www.les.appstate.edu/courses/appalachia/religion/snake.htm
- Snake Handlers and the Law - Information about laws applicable to religious snake handling in several Appalachian jurisdictions.
members.tripod.com/Yeltsin/law/law.htm
- Snake Handlers: More Than Meets the Eye - Article about the practice of snake handling in Holiness churches, its historical and cultural context, and the current situation. From University of Tennessee-Chattanooga student newspaper.
www.utc.edu/~echo/archives/1996/03.07/03-07-96story5.html
- Snake Handling - Skeptics' analysis of the practice of snake handling, including the scriptural basis and an explanation of why participants are seldom bitten.
www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/blurbs/snake-handling.html
- Snake Handling in the Pentecostal Church: The Precedent Set by George Hensley - Student paper on the origins of snake handling religious traditions.
www.english.vt.edu/~appalach/essaysS/snakes.htm
- They Shall Take Up Serpents - Brief history of the snake handling movement and the role of Tennessee preacher George W. Hensley in its establishment and spread.
www.christianitytoday.com/ch/58h/58h025.html
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