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Synopsis
What does religion have to do with fomenting or transcending violence? In this fascinating work, Kirk-Duggan documents and analyzes religion's involvement in violence, in the Bible, slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, and the youth scene of today.
Author Bio: Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan, a Christian Methodist Episcopal Church minister, is Director of the Center for Women and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union, and Assistant Professor of Theology and Womanist Studies. She is author of Exorcizing Evil: A Womanist Perspective on the Spirituals (1997) and African American Special Days: 15 Complete Worship Services (1996).