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Snake handling, also called serpent handling, is a religious rite observed in a small number of isolated churches, mostly in the United States, usually characterized as rural and part of the Holiness movement.
18 cze 2014 · Members of the River Street Church in Harlan, Ky. demonstrate their control over venomous snakes during a service. Snake handlers draw their inspiration from bible passages in John,...
So when an aunt invited him to her church, another snake-handling congregation in Harlan County, Nolan went with her. He got clean. Once he turned 18, he started handling snakes.
Kimbrough's Taking Up Serpents - Snake Handlers of Eastern Ken-tucky is a thoroughly researched history of some branches of eastern Ken-tucky serpent handlers, their antecedents and links to "saints" in other states, an oral history of their presentday religious beliefs and practices, and their conflicts with the wider society.
19 cze 2014 · One look at the rigid, swollen, right hand of Faye Nolan, the 12-year-old handler who was bitten by a rattler at a Cawood, Ky., meeting September 28, will convince even the most skeptical that...
14 sty 2012 · This episode focuses on Letcher County, Kentucky’s Verlin Short and his 2008 arrest for snakes, followed by his redemptive attainment of a reptile license, thus finally rolling legit. The show makes it appear that it just occurred to his long time lawyer and friend to advise him to do this in 2008.
Churches that practice snake-handling have dotted the Appalachian mountains for over 100 years, but not until now has their story been so consistently and faithfully written by an author...
