- SNAKE HANDLERS
- an exotic religious practice which emerged in Tennessee in 1909 where the text of Mark 16:17-18, which speaks about "taking up serpents," was literally interpreted as a SIGN of BELIEF.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
SNAKE HANDLERS
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