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Article: The Serpent Handlers.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- March 1, 2008
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The Serpent Handlers
Fred Brown and Jeanne McDonald
John F. Blair, Publisher
1406 Plaza Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
9780895873521, $15.95 www.blairpub.com 1-800-222-9796
The Serpent Handlers: Three Families and Their Faith tells the stories of three families of the Signs Followers faith--a branch of Christianity originating in 1910, whose members take Mark 16: 17-18 as a central tenet of their belief. Known for the sensational aspects of their belief--picking up poisonous snakes, drinking strychnine, and speaking in ...