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	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.
	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.
	Taking Up Serpents: A History of Snake Handling - http://www.mupress.org/webpages/books/kimbrough.html Publisher's synopsis of a scholarly book about the practice, by David Kimbrough.
	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 Handling Pentecostal Sects - http://www.rickross.com/groups/snake.html Collection of news articles related to snake handling.

	Snake Handling - http://www.geocities.com/alanstreett/snakehan.html Brief history of the practice and its theological basis, by Dr. R. Alan Streett.
	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.
	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.
	Augusta Chronicle: Taking Up Serpents - http://www.augustachronicle.com/headlines/062996/062996serpent.html Article about an incident in which a pastor was bitten and hospitalized also includes an overview of the Holiness snake-handling movement.
	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.

	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?
	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 Serpent-Handling Service - 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.
	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Snake Handlers - http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1581 Article on the practice, with photo and bibliography.

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