Gibson Winter explores the complex reality of violence in America that includes a bloody history and the quest for power and money as indicators of self-worth. He exposes the rage and the sense of powerlessness stemming from poverty, the anguish felt by young people and the pain caused by easy access to drugs and weapons. Winter examines the role of religioun in American life, with an emphasis on the various movements that seek to assuage the gnawing hunger within the American soul.