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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. (June 28, 1996)
http://www.augustachronicle.com/headlines/062996/062996serpent.html |
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| | 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.
http://www.ralphmag.org/snake.html |
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| | 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.
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Snakes.html |
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| | Snake Handlers |
| | Discussion of the religious beliefs and worship practices of groups that practice serpent handling, including the history of these traditions.
http://www.les.appstate.edu/courses/appalachia/religion/snake.htm |
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| | Snake Handlers and the Law |
| | Information about laws applicable to religious snake handling in several Appalachian jurisdictions.
http://members.tripod.com/Yeltsin/law/law.htm |
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| | 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.
http://www.utc.edu/~echo/archives/1996/03.07/03-07-96story5.html |
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| | Snake Handling |
| | Brief history of the practice and its theological basis, by Dr. R. Alan Streett.
http://www.geocities.com/alanstreett/snakehan.html |
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| | Snake Handling |
| | Skeptics' analysis of the practice of snake handling, including the scriptural basis and an explanation of why participants are seldom bitten.
http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/blurbs/snake-handling.html |
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| | Snake Handling in the Pentecostal Church: The Precedent Set by George Hensley |
| | Student paper on the origins of snake handling religious traditions.
http://www.english.vt.edu/~appalach/essaysS/snakes.htm |
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| | 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.
http://www.soundportraits.org/on-air/serpent_handler/ |
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