Becky Garrison
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Becky Garrison (born 1961) is Senior Contributing Editor of The Wittenburg Door and author of Red and Blue God, Black and Blue Church, a non-fiction religious political satire book that examines the interplay between religion and politics in the United States following the 2004 Presidential election.
Her additional writing credits include work for The New York Times, The Tonight Show, Christian Retailing, Stackpole Books, Bibal Press, Relevantmagazine.com, Sojo.net, Episcopal Life, The Living Church, Prism, The World Council of Churches, The Women’s Quarterly, Youthworker Journal, The Ooze, American Angler, Game & Fish Magazine, Fly Fish America, Sailing Magazine, Oxygen Magazine, Fly Fishing in Saltwaters, Fly Anglers Online, flyfish.com, and Sportsology.net.
Garrison was born in Hartsville, South Carolina, where her father, the late Rev. Dr. Karl Claudius Garrison, Jr., a civil rights activist, Episcopal priest and college professor was serving as rector of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Harstsville, SC. Her mother, Nancy Little Garrison was a direct descendant of Roger Williams, founder of the state of Rhode Island and John Howland, John Alden and Priscilla Mullens, all passengers aboard the Mayflower.
She spent her childhood in North Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia and Louisiana. Currently, she resides in Manhattan. Garrison has a dual Master of Divinity/Social Work degree from Yale University and Columbia University and an undergraduate degree in theater arts from Wake Forest University. In addition, she spent a semester abroad at Warnborough College in Oxford, England.
The Becky Garrison Official Forum was set up by the Internet Book Database in October 2006
[edit] References
[1], Jesus Died for THIS? A Reflection of Jesus' Ministry Juxtaposed Against Our Contemporary Political Landscape, The Ooze, November 7, 2006
[2], Vote for My Jesus?, Gods Politics Blog, November 2, 2006
[3], Culture Warriors United: What the anti-Religious Right books get wrong, and why evangelicals should read them anyway, Beliefnet, September 29, 2006
[4] "Is God Red or Blue? The Wittenburg Door Interview: Becky Garrison," September/October 2006
[5] "Inside the Satirist's Studio: An Interview with Religion Writer Becky Garrison," The Lone Star Iconoclast, July 12, 2006
[6] "The Religion of Politics," Library Journal, May 22, 2006
[7] "Writer Takes Church, Politicians to Task," Ledger Enquirer, May 1, 2006
[8] Interview with Becky Garrison, Publishers Weekly, March 8, 2006
[9] "Praise the Lord, Pass the Ammunition," Publishers Weekly, August 29, 2005
