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We live in a diverse, but interdependent world. Even with modern technology, communications, and travel, we still need to build relationships leading to reconciliation. John Paul Lederach shares insights gained from years of work in international mediation and deep spiritual reflection on the task of reconciliation. From personal experiences and the Bible story, he finds God seeking reconciliation throughout history. Here is help for conflicted families, communities, and nations. 208 Pages.
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Conflict management--Religious aspects, Mennonites, Christianity, Lederach, John Paul, Religion and justice.
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1999
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BV4597.53L45 1999eb
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261.8/3
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Conflict management--Religious aspects, Mennonites, Christianity, Lederach, John Paul, Religion and justice.
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"John Paul Lederach's vivid personal stories of his work in peacemaking illustrate his deep insights into the preeminent challenge of our times: learning how to live together in the midst of deep differences. I highly recommend this book." William L. Ury, Coauthor, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
"Fantastic stuff! Practical. Credible because Lederach faithfully follows the logic of Scripture and makes the words come alive in practical work in the most difficult places of the world. Hopeful concluding chapters provide additional credibility for exercising reconciliation.
"Concepts, words, methodologies, and insights flow from Lederach into the common mind. I am delighted that he possesses the rare gift of common sense and discernment. This is important material. The church needs it. The world needs it!" Robert A. Seiple, Former President of World Vision
"John Paul Lederach, experienced conciliation practitioner and teacher, reflects on the spiritual basis for peacemaking. He weaves together knowledge about conflict with biblical stories and passages, making this book helpful reading for all.
"Lederach thoughtfully and carefully listens to scriptural passages and what they have to teach us about being peacemakers and handling conflict. His fresh reading of familiar passages sheds new light on reconciliation as the center and goal of our life as Christians and the church. Lederach illustrates his claims with examples from his own experiences of international peacemaking work, including times of failure
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and doubt. His personal tone invites the reader into his experience and thoughts.
"This is a thoughtful and helpful book. I recommend it to those who seek understanding about the connection between conflict resolution work and Christian faith." Judy Zimmerman Herr, Mennonite Central Committee Peace Office
"John Paul Lederach says that conflict opens a path to revelation and reconciliation. Each reader of this remarkable book will personally experience this prophetic insight. The dangers and horrors associated with many of the intense conflict situations with which John Paul has worked are in no way minimized. Yet he shares with us the sources of his strength for dealing with them.
"John Paul draws on the rich heritage of biblical stories, with a powerful instinct for mining the metaphors of each one. These stories open up a new understanding of the value of that biblical heritage for a highly secularized modern world.
"The power of this book lies in the way he sees simple everyday conflicts in family and community as part of the complex web of larger conflicts, without oversimplifying serious large-scale conflicts or overdramatizing local ones. John Paul is forever a learner in every situation, and he conveys the excitement of that learning, whether the lessons come from powerful political figures or struggling farmers.
"John Paul has a special gift for teaching through paradox. By the time he has shown the inseparability of truth, mercy, justice, and peace, we understand why we can dare to hope. No one who labors in the field of peacemaking can afford to be without this book. John Paul's writing takes us both deeply into ourselves and far out to the workings of the world in which we live. Thank you, John Paul!" Elise Boulding, Quaker, Professor Emerita of Sociology at Dartmouth College, and Former Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association
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The Journey toward Reconciliation
John Paul Lederach
Foreward by Harold H. Saunders
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lederach, John Paul. The journey toward reconciliation / John Paul Lederach. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8361-9082-3 (alk. paper) 1. Conflict managementReligious aspectsChristianity. 2. Conflict managementReligious aspectsMennonites. 3. Lederach, John Paul. 4. Religion and justice. I. Title. BV4597.53.C58L45 1999 261.8'3dc21 98-31845
The paper used in this publication is recycled and meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
A version of chapter 2 was earlier published by Christianity Today. All Scripture is used by permission, all rights reserved, and unless otherwise indicated is from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Scripture marked RSV is from the Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, 1971, by the same publisher as for NRSV; KJV, from the King James Version of the Holy Bible; NEB, from The New English Bible, The Delegates of the Oxford University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, 1961, 1970.
THE JOURNEY TOWARD RECONCILIATION Copyright 1999 by Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa. 15683 Published simultaneously in Canada by Herald Press, Waterloo, Ont. N2L 6H7. All rights reserved
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