| Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Covington, Dennis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306818361 ISBN-13: 9780306818363 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: On assignment in Alabama to cover a murder trial, New York Times journalist Dennis Covington discovered the bizarre, mysterious, ultimately irresistible world of holiness snake handling. As he explored the lives and beliefs of the poor, white Southerners who practice this strange form of religion, he gradually began to explore his own soul. A National Book Award nominee. of photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Denominations - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Religion | Christian Living - General |
| Dewey: 289.9 |
| LCCN: 2010292094 |
| Lexile Measure: 980 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.55 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Theometrics - Secular - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Appalachians |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A haunting exploration of faith, from a preacher convicted of attempted murder to a first-hand account of holiness serpent handling--One of the best books on American religion from the last 25 years (Chicago Tribune) For New York Times reporter Dennis Covington, what began as a journalistic assignment-covering the trial of an Alabama pastor convicted of attempting to murder his wife with poisonous snakes-would evolve into a headlong plunge into a bizarre, mysterious, and ultimately irresistible world of unshakable faith: the world of holiness snake handling.Set in the heart of Appalachia, Salvation on Sand Mountain is Covington's unsurpassed and chillingly captivating exploration of the nature, power, and extremity of faith-an exploration that gradually turns inward, until Covington finds himself taking up the snakes. |