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"We live in violent limes and it is very tempting to make easy and naive associations of good and bad, the righteous and the axis of evil. The articles in this book refuse to make such simple, uncritical and comforting distinctions. Indeed, they ask that we look to the origins of our own cultural/religious constructs lo see what violence may lurk there and to realize that many acts of violence go almost unnoticed under the umbrella of societal norms or religious morality." "Weep Not For Your Children contains essays from challenging thinkers reflecting on some of the many ways in which religion and violence overlap. It is nol a comfortable read but it is a worthwhile one as it ask the reader to think beyond simple associations of religion and violence. Covering topics from the Holocaust to the violence of church music, from the genocide of women within situations of domestic violence, through the violence of economic systems to the violence of gender construction itself, this book provokes and challenges."--Jacket.