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Transforming violence : linking local and global peacemaking / edited by Judy Zimmerman Herr and Robert Herr ; foreword by Konrad Raiser.

Contributor(s): Herr, Judy Zimmerman, 1952- | Herr, Robert, 1948-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 083619098X (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780836190984 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Peace | Peace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Peace movements | Political violence -- PreventionDDC classification: 261.8/73 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword / Konrad Raiser -- Soldiers of Christ / Jim Forest -- Jesus' third way / Walter Wink -- Mysticism and resistance / Dorothee Soelle -- Just peacemaking / Duane K. Friesen & Glen H. Stassen -- The politics of forgiveness / Chaiwat Satha-Anand -- Reconstruction : healing a nation's soul / Gerald J. Pillay -- Introduction / Judy Zimmerman Herr -- Cultures of peace and communities of faith / Elise Boulding -- Neighbors in the Bosnian tragedy / Doug Hostetter -- Building community peace in South Africa / Andries Odendaal & Chris Spies -- Breaking the cycle of violence in Wajir / Dekha Ibrahim & Janice Jenner -- Introduction / Robert Herr -- Churches in a planet-sized peacemaking system / David Jackman -- Exploring civilian peace teams / Lisa Schirch -- Applying civilian peace teams / Kathleen Kern -- Remember and change / John Paul Lederach -- Providing space for change in Mozambique / Andrea Bartoli -- Human rights : dignity, community, freedom / Martin Shupack & Rachel Brett -- Theology for a just peace / Lauree Hersch Meyer.

"A Pandora Press U.S. book."

"The book grew out of a meeting called by the Historic Peace Churches/Fellowship of Reconciliation Committee in December 1993"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Konrad Raiser -- Soldiers of Christ / Jim Forest -- Jesus' third way / Walter Wink -- Mysticism and resistance / Dorothee Soelle -- Just peacemaking / Duane K. Friesen & Glen H. Stassen -- The politics of forgiveness / Chaiwat Satha-Anand -- Reconstruction : healing a nation's soul / Gerald J. Pillay -- Introduction / Judy Zimmerman Herr -- Cultures of peace and communities of faith / Elise Boulding -- Neighbors in the Bosnian tragedy / Doug Hostetter -- Building community peace in South Africa / Andries Odendaal & Chris Spies -- Breaking the cycle of violence in Wajir / Dekha Ibrahim & Janice Jenner -- Introduction / Robert Herr -- Churches in a planet-sized peacemaking system / David Jackman -- Exploring civilian peace teams / Lisa Schirch -- Applying civilian peace teams / Kathleen Kern -- Remember and change / John Paul Lederach -- Providing space for change in Mozambique / Andrea Bartoli -- Human rights : dignity, community, freedom / Martin Shupack & Rachel Brett -- Theology for a just peace / Lauree Hersch Meyer.

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