Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia, by Dennis Covington.

Dennis Covington writes about the snake handling rituals that go on in Scottsboro, Alabama, in March on 1992. 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 me while he talks about snake handling in southern churches. Through Covington's eyes I was exposed to his …

…Onlys, 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.