011: 🐍 Snake-Handling Christians with Julia Duin

Julia Duin worked as religion editor for the Washington Times for fourteen years, has worked as a journalist for 40 years, and was nominated three times for the Pulitzer prize. We talk about her book, the relationship between social media and faith, and her coverage of serpent-handling Christians from the Appalachian mountains.

• In the House of the Serpent Handler by Julia C. Duin
• Pentecostalism - Wikipedia
• Mark 16:17-18 — "These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents [with their hands], and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
• GetReligion.org
• JuliaDuin.com
• Snake Salvation - National Geographic Channel