Shane Claiborne on Beating Guns: Hope for people who are weary of violence

05 July 2019

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The author and activist Shane Claiborne is the founder of The Simple Way in Philadelphia and President of Red Letter Christians. He was in the UK recently to launch the UK arm of Red Letter Christians, and to talk about his new book, Beating Guns: Hope for people who are weary of violence, co-written with Michael Martin (BrazosPress).

Ed Thornton spoke to Shane about how Christians can respond creatively and prophetically to gun and knife violence.

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