Jamie Coots
Freak show or spiritual test? Book explores world of snake handlers
By Kimberly Winston — January 26, 2018
(RNS) — Author Julia Duin focuses on a new breed of snake-handling preachers — young and adept at using social media to attract attention.
COMMENTARY: Jamie Coots’ snake theology was not that crazy
By Jeffrey Weiss — February 18, 2014
(RNS) To most people, a few biblical passages are a crazy justification to handle deadly serpents. But I evaluate these kinds of claims through Weiss’ Law of Religious Relativism: Any religion is, by definition, crazy to a nonbeliever.
Jamie Coots, co-star of ‘Snake Salvation,’ dies of a snakebite
By Bob Smietana — February 16, 2014
(RNS) Coots, whose father is also a serpent-handling preacher, was a legendary figure among a small group of Pentecostal believers who practiced the so-called “signs of the gospel” found in Mark 16; among them taking up serpents.
A reality TV show about snake handlers to debut in September
By Bob Smietana — August 14, 2013
(RNS) The series will feature scenes from church services where worshipers handle snakes, as well as the day-to-day struggle to live out their faith.
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