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• Regional: North America: United States: Regions: Appalachia: Society and Culture: Religion  (6)
• Regional: North America: United States: Regions: South and Southeast: Society and Culture: Religion  (15)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Denominations: Churches of God: Church of God - Cleveland, Tennessee  (130)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Denominations: Pentecostalism  (1,654)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Religious Studies: New Religious Movements  (28)

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..

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..

Snake Handlers and the Law - Information about laws applicable to religious snake handling in several Appalachian jurisdictions..

Snake Handling - Skeptics' analysis of the practice of snake handling, including the scriptural basis and an explanation of why participants are seldom bitten..

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..

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..

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).