Snake Handling
Skeptics' analysis of the practice of snake handling, including the scriptural basis and an explanation of why participants are seldom bitten.
http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/blurbs/snake-handling.html

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.
http://www.augustachronicle.com/headlines/062996/062996serpent.html

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.
http://www.ralphmag.org/snake.html

Snake Handling
Brief history of the practice and its theological basis, by Dr. R. Alan Streett.
http://www.geocities.com/alanstreett/snakehan.html

Taking Up Serpents: A History of Snake Handling
Publisher's synopsis of a scholarly book about the practice, by David Kimbrough.
http://www.mupress.org/webpages/books/kimbrough.html

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.
http://www.soundportraits.org/on-air/serpent_handler/

Snake Handlers Hang On in Appalachian Churches
Article by Brian Handwerk for National Geographic.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0407_030407_snakehandlers.html

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.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/07/national/main2161165.shtml

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

Snake Handling Pentecostal Sects
Collection of news articles related to snake handling.
http://www.rickross.com/groups/snake.html

Wikipedia: Church of God with Signs Following
Article about the Pentecostal holiness churches which practice snake handling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_God_with_Signs_Following

Snakebite Kills Preacher: Should Snake Handlers Be Subject to Prosecution?
Snakebite kills local preacher and the press asks, Should snake handlers be subject to prosecution?
http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/ep/snake_bite.htm

Serpent Handling at Jolo, West Virginia and the Legitimacy of the Marcan Appendix
Article by Howard Dorgan.
http://www.library.appstate.edu/appcoll/manuscript/coll116/serpent.html