Half-truths And Almost Bible
Sermons On The Second Readings
The first time that I noticed the book Salvation on Sand Mountain was when I was leaving the Andover Library at Harvard Divinity School. I saw the book jacket on the recommended reading list on the bulletin board. That prompted me to respond, "That can't be my Sand Mountain!" But it was! Dennis Covington wrote a penetrating study of the handful of Holiness churches in Southern Appalachia who practice snake handling. First attracted by curiosity, Covington later became immersed in the cult and spent a year in research that went far beyond detached journalistic investigation.