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Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. 2: Diverse Christian Practices of Restorative Justice and Peacemaking

by  //  Saturday, December 1, 2012 @ 10:33 AM  //  Resources

 By Elaine Enns and Ched Myers This volume offers three social-analytic models and nine profiles of contemporary practitioners of restorative justice and peacemaking. “People who work in conflict resolution rarely realize the potential restorative justice offers for addressing the justice dynamics inherent in conflict. Likewise, peacemakers may write off justice advocates as trouble-makers, while non-violent […]

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Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. 1: New Testament Reflections on Restorative Justice and Peacemaking

by  //  Saturday, December 1, 2012 @ 10:32 AM  //  Resources

By Elaine Enns and Ched Myers This volume offers four N.T. studies on restorative justice and peacemaking (2 Cor 5-6; Mark 1-3; Matt 18; and Ephesians). “Exceedingly rare and a precious gift to church and world is Myers and Enns’ wondrous mixing of ravenous hunger for justice, patient and practical wisdom in restoring justice and […]

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59 Cents Campaign

by  //  Monday, June 25, 2012 @ 11:32 AM  //  News

June 25, 2012 During Session I of the 2012 CSOP, students in Speaking Out…and BeingHeard: Citizen Advocacy worked in small groups throughout the week.  The result of one group’s work was the 59 Cents Campaign, designed to stop the Canadian government’s decision to cut portions of refugee healthcare.  This cost to keep the Federal Interim […]

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Global Nonviolent Action Database (GNAD)

by  //  Tuesday, May 1, 2012 @ 11:36 AM  //  Resources

Go to http://NVDatabase.swarthmore.edu to access a free global database of nonviolent actions.  Campaigns are drawn from nearly every country in the world, in which people overthrew dictators, changed environmental policies, halted racist discrimination, fought for economic justice, established their religious freedom, changed sexist and other oppressive laws, established national independence, and defended their neighborhoods – […]

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