James W. Perkinson is a long-time activist and educator WHO has lived for 35 years as a settler on Three Fires land in inner city Detroit. He is currently teaching as Professor of Social Ethics at the Ecumenical Theological Seminary and lecturing in Intercultural Communication Studies at the University of Oakland (Michigan). He holds a Ph.D. in theology from the University of Chicago, is the author of five books on theology/spirituality including Political Spirituality for a Century of Water Wars: The Angel of the Jordan Meets the Trickster of Detroit