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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 ajournalistic assignment-covering the trial of an Alabama pastorconvicted of attempting to murder his wife with poisonous snakes-wouldevolve into a headlong plunge into a bizarre, mysterious, and ultimatelyirresistible world of unshakable faith: the world of holiness snakehandling.Set in the heart of Appalachia, Salvation on Sand Mountainis Covington’s unsurpassed and chillingly captivating exploration ofthe nature, power, and extremity of faith-an exploration that graduallyturns inward, until Covington finds himself taking up the snakes.
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