Snake handling in Christianity (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Snake handling in Christianity" in English language version.

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Burton (1993), p. 42. Burton, Thomas G. (1993). Serpent-handling Believers. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-0-87049-788-9.
Anderson, Robert Mapes (1979). Vision of the Disinherited: The Making of American Pentecostalism. New York, New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-19-502502-6.
Burton (1993), p. 52. Burton, Thomas G. (1993). Serpent-handling Believers. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-0-87049-788-9.
Burton (1993). Burton, Thomas G. (1993). Serpent-handling Believers. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-0-87049-788-9.

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"Web Extra: 1983 Daily Telegraph story detailing the death of Wolford's father, also from a snake bite". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. 30 August 1983. Retrieved 12 June 2012.^{[author missing]}

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Duin, Julia (1 July 2012). "Death of snake handling preacher shines light on lethal Appalachian tradition". CNN. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012.

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georgiaencyclopedia.org

Kelle, Brad (8 July 2013). "Snake Handlers". New Georgia Encyclopedia.

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Kimbrough, David (1994). "Charles Prince: Martyr for His Faith?". Appalachian Heritage. 22 (2): 31–38. doi:10.1353/aph.1994.0026.

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Estep, Bill (12 November 2015). "Snakebite death of Middlesboro pastor was quick, son says; medical treatment refused". Lexington Herald Leader.
Ward, Karla (28 July 2015). "Man dies after being bitten while handling snake during Bell County church service".
"Months after snake-handling preacher's death, his son recovering from snakebite". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

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"Kentucky Pastor Wants Snakes Confiscated in Knoxville Bust". Knoxville News Sentinel. 13 February 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.^{[author missing]}

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"Apophthegmata Patrum: The Greek Alphabetical Collection". ldysinger.com. Retrieved 18 February 2025. One of the Fathers used to tell of a certain Abba Paul, from Lower Egypt, who lived in the Thebaid. He used to take various kinds of snakes in his hands and cut them through the middle. The brethren made prostration before him saying, 'Tell us what you have done to receive this grace.' He said, 'Forgive me, Fathers, but if someone has obtained purity, everything is in submission to him, as it was to Adam, when he was in Paradise before he transgressed the commandment.'

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Handwerk, Brian (7 April 2003). "Snake Handlers Hang on in Appalachian Churches". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on 8 April 2003.

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Burnett, John (18 October 2013). "Serpent Experts Try To Demystify Pentecostal Snake Handling". NPR.

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Covington, Dennis (15 February 1992). "Alabama Trial Involves Snakes And Bit of Faith". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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Heller, Matthew. "Nurse Sued for Dissing Faith of Bitten Snake-Handler – Medicine". Archived from the original on 31 May 2016.

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Mathews, Garret (3 April 1983). "'Praise-the-Lord-and-pass-the-snake' service is a trip, if you can handle it". Chicago Tribune. p. J3. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

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Waters, Amy (2018). Social-Envenomation: A Ritual of Snake-Handling Churches (Thesis). ProQuest 2043000260.^{[page needed]}

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Hammack, Laurence (18 April 2004). "For snake handlers, going to church can prove deadly". Roanoke Times. USA – via Religion News Blog.

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Smietana, Bob (3 June 2012). "Snake-Handling Believers Find Joy in Test of Faith". Retrieved 3 June 2012.

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Reid, Michael (December 2013). "COBB CREEK CHURCH: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES IN A SERPENT-HANDLING CONGREGATION IN EAST TENNESSEE". Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange.

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Schager, Nick (7 December 2020). "The Appalachian Preacher Who Tried to Murder His Wife via Snake Bite". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 8 December 2020.

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Winston, Robert (13 October 2005). "Why do we believe in God?". The Guardian. London.

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Ross, Kathy (13 June 2020). "History of serpent handling fraught with danger, exultation". The Mountaineer.

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Brown, Joi. "Snake Handling in the Pentecostal Church: The Precedent Set by George Hensley". Virginia Tech. Archived from the original on 18 July 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2014.

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Duin, Julia. "In WVA, Snake Handling is still considered a sign of faith". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
Duin, Julia (18 October 2011). "In W.Va., snake handling is still considered a sign of faith". The Washington Post.
Duin, Julia (30 May 2012). "Serpent-handling pastor profiled earlier in Washington Post dies from rattlesnake bite". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
Pond, Lauren (31 May 2012). "Why I watched a snake-handling pastor die for his faith". The Washington Post.

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wbir.com

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Handwerk, Brian (7 April 2003). "Snake Handlers Hang on in Appalachian Churches". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on 8 April 2003.
"Snake Kills Evangelist – HiddenMysteries Spiritual Studies". hiddenmysteries.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
Covington, Dennis (15 February 1992). "Alabama Trial Involves Snakes And Bit of Faith". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
Alford, Roger (12 July 2008). "Pastor among suspects in illegal snake bust". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
"Kentucky Pastor Wants Snakes Confiscated in Knoxville Bust". Knoxville News Sentinel. 13 February 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.^{[author missing]}
Zucco, Tom (3 October 2005). "Newswatch". Archived from the original on 31 August 2023.
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Duin, Julia (1 July 2012). "Death of snake handling preacher shines light on lethal Appalachian tradition". CNN. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012.
Brown, Joi. "Snake Handling in the Pentecostal Church: The Precedent Set by George Hensley". Virginia Tech. Archived from the original on 18 July 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
"Faith strong at service for snake handlers – Lubbock Online – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal". Archived from the original on 12 May 2016.
"Months after snake-handling preacher's death, his son recovering from snakebite". Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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wkyt.com

Pendleton, Phil. "Man dies of snake bite during church service in Bell County".

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Coots, Jamie (3 October 2013). "The Constitution Protects My Snake-Handling". The Wall Street Journal.

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Duin, Julia (10 September 2013). "'Snake Salvation': Inside the World of Christian Serpent Handlers". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

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Duin, Julia (7 April 2012). "Reviving Faith by 'Taking Up Serpents'". The Wall Street Journal.

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