Nancy Klancher is Associate Professor of Religion at Bridgewater College in Virginia. Her lifelong interests are in the areas of belonging, exclusion, identity, and how religious teachings affect these. Dr. Klancher has published two books: A Massacre Averted (2011) and The Taming of the Canaanite Woman (2013). She is passionate about the public understanding of biblical legacies. Her newest book, which explores gender and ethnic ideologies in biblical mother stories, is written for a general audience.
