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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.
	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 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 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.

	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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?

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