Anne L. Barstow is Professor of European History (retired) at the Old Westbury campus of the State University of New York. Her books include War's Dirty Secret: Rape, Prostitution, and other Crimes Against Women and Witchcraze: A New History of the European Witch Hunts and Joan of Arc: Heretic, Mystic, and Shaman; She is the founder and director of the (unarmed) Accompaniment Program for endangered leaders of the Presbyterian Church of Colombia. She has twice served as Chairperson of the Board of Witness for Peace (WFP). She has led many delegations to Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Chiapas (Mexico), and Haiti. Both she and Tom Driver serve on the National Committee of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. They take part in the annual protests against the School of the Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

Tom F. Driver is Professor of Theology and Culture Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He has also been a theater critic, author, and filmmaker. In retirement he has devoted himself to volunteer work with Witness for Peace, the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture. He has photographed and edited two videos about the United States' contribution to the violence in Colombia in South America, scripting and narrating these together with Anne Barstow. His books include Liberating Rites: Understanding the Transformative Power of Ritual and Romantic Quest and Modern Query: A History of the Modern Theater; and Christ in a Changing World: Toward an Ethical Christology.

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