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Test of Faith - Signs, Serpents, Salvation (Hardcover)
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Test of Faith - Signs, Serpents, Salvation (Hardcover)
Series: Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography
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Pentecostal serpent handlers, also known as Signs Followers, hold a
literal interpretation of a verse in the New Testament's Gospel of
Mark which states that, among other abilities, true believers shall
be able to "take up serpents." For more than a century members of
this uniquely Appalachian religious tradition have handled venomous
snakes during their worship services, risking death as evidence of
their unwavering faith. Despite scores of deaths from snakebite and
the closure of numerous churches in recent decades, there remains a
small contingent of serpent handlers devoted to keeping the
practice alive. Who are the serpent handlers? What motivates them
to continue their potentially lethal practices through the
generations? Documentary photographer Lauren Pond traveled to West
Virginia in search of answers to these questions. There she met
Pastor Randy "Mack" Wolford, one of the best-known Signs Following
preachers in the region, and spent the following year documenting
Mack and his family. The course of her work changed dramatically in
May 2012, when Mack, then forty-four years old, suffered a fatal
rattlesnake bite during a worship service she attended. Pond
photographed the events that followed and has continued her
relationship with Mack's family. Test of Faith provides a deeply
nuanced, personal look at serpent handling that not only invites
greater understanding of a religious practice that has long faced
derision and criticism; it also serves as a meditation on the
photographic process, its ethics, and its capacity to generate
empathy. Published by Duke University Press and the Center for
Documentary Studies at Duke University
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