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Serpents and salvation
Glimpses into the faith of snake-handling holiness Christians
by Elizabeth Palmer
"Belief is not the 'substance of things hoped for.' Faith is."
interview by Elizabeth Palmer
Dennis Covington is famous for seeking faith in extreme places. Twenty years ago it was the snake-handling, poison-drinking Christians of southern Appalachia.