Snake Handling (Subscribe)
Links
Wikipedia: Church of God with Signs Following
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_God_with_Signs_Following
Article about the Pentecostal holiness churches which practice snake handling.
Sound Portraits: John Brown, Jr., Serpent Handler
http://www.soundportraits.org/on-air/serpent_handler/
Radio documentary recording the words of a preacher who later died from a snake bite. Includes audio file and transcript.
Snakebite Kills Preacher: Should Snake Handlers Be Subject to Prosecution?
http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/ep/snake_bite.htm
Snakebite kills local preacher and the press asks, Should snake handlers be subject to prosecution?
Snake Handling Pentecostal Sects
http://www.rickross.com/groups/snake.html
Collection of news articles related to snake handling.
Snake Handling
http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/blurbs/snake-handling.html
Skeptics' analysis of the practice of snake handling, including the scriptural basis and an explanation of why participants are seldom bitten.
Snake Handlers Hang On in Appalachian Churches
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0407_030407_snakehandlers.html
Article by Brian Handwerk for National Geographic.
Snake Handlers and the Law
http://members.tripod.com/Yeltsin/law/law.htm
Information about laws applicable to religious snake handling in several Appalachian jurisdictions.
Serpent Handling at Jolo, West Virginia and the Legitimacy of the Marcan Appendix
http://www.library.appstate.edu/appcoll/manuscript/coll116/serpent.html
Article by Howard Dorgan.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Snake Handlers
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1581
Article on the practice, with photo and bibliography.
If God Was a Rattlesnake, Would You Pick it Up?
http://www.ralphmag.org/snake.html
Review of the book 'Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia' and general discussion of the practice.
CBS News: Woman Dies After Snakebite In Church, Kentucky Woman Killed After Being Bitten During Serp
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/07/national/main2161165.shtml
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.