Salvation on Sand Mountain

Snake Handling in the South Dennis Covington writes about the snake handling rituals that go on in Scottsboro, Alabama, in March on 1992 he calls it Salvation on Sand Mountain. While going to the services held at the churches, Covington realizes that he is not only doing a story on other people’s religions, but that he is also discovering his own religion. Covington creates feelings of sympathy and disgust for the reader while he talks …

…freaks, and Holy Rollers” (25) are some of the names outsiders called the members of Jesus With Signs Following. However, the people of the church did not let ridicule stop them from doing what they thought the Lord intended for them to do. I believe that we shouldn’t judge the ones that have faith in these certain beliefs. We should just worry about our religion and our beliefs and how we know and trust God.