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Beyond Retribution: A New Testament Vision for Justice, Crime, and Punishment

By Christopher D. Marshall

Recently a growing number of Christians have actively promoted the concept of “restorative justice” and attempted to develop programs for dealing with crime based on restorative principles. But is this approach truly consistent with the teaching of Scripture? To date, very little has been done to test this claim. Beyond Retribution fills a gap by plumbing the New Testament on the topics of crime, justice, and punishment.

Christopher Marshall first explores the problems involved in applying ethical teachings from the New Testament to mainstream society. He then surveys the extent to which the New Testament addresses criminal justice issues, looking in particular at the concept of the justice of God in the teachings of Paul and Jesus. He also examines the topic of punishment, reviewing the debate in social thinking over the ethics and purpose of punishment — including capital punishment — and he advocates a new concept of “restorative punishment.” The result of this engaging work is a biblically based challenge to imitate the way of Christ in dealing with both victims and offenders.

http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Retribution-Testament-Punishment-Scripture/dp/0802847978/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418159264&sr=1-1&keywords=christopher+marshall

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Peace, Conflict and Violence: Peace Psychology for the 21st Century

By Daniel J. Christie

This comprehensive book brings together the key concepts, themes, theories, and practices that are defining peace psychology as we begin the 21st century. It is rooted in psychology, but includes a wide range of interpersonal, community, national and international contexts, multiple levels of analysis from micro to macro, and multi-disciplinary perspectives. It reflects the breadth of the field and captures the main intellectual currents in peace psychology: violence, social inequalities, peacemaking, and the pursuit of social justice. This book contains a wide range of topics, including ethnic conflict, family violence, hate crimes, militarism, conflict management, social justice, nonviolent approaches to peace, and peace education. It is ideal for readers interested in peace education, international studies, psychology, political science, anthropology, and sociology.

http://www.amazon.com/Peace-Conflict-Violence-Psychology-Century/dp/0130968218/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417730146&sr=1-2

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Nonkilling Psychology

By Daniel J. Christie

This book demonstrates the rich diversity of research approaches developed so far within the field of psychology. In this collection of essays, one moves from biomedical aspects to moral dimensions, through various renditions of social psychology. The book is organized into three sections: (I) psychological causes and consequences of killing; (II) The prevention of killing: from interpersonal to international; and (III) personal transformation: from killing to nonkilling. What brings humans to kill each others or themselves? Is a nonkilling society possible? Answers have been attempted, unanswered questions have been raised, and unexplored issues wait for further investigation.

http://www.amazon.com/Nonkilling-Psychology-Daniel-J-Christie/dp/0982298382/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417730215&sr=1-3

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The Choreography of Resolution: Conflict, Movement, and Neuroscience

The Choreography of Resolution: Conflict, Movement, and Neuroscience

Edited by Michelle LeBaron (Instructor – CSOP 2011), Carrie MacLeod, Andrew Floyer Acland

The Choreography of Resolution will revolutionize how mediators handle conflict resolution. Learning how neuroscience is proving what dancers have known for centuries – this book explores the links between the physical, mental, and psychological factors that affect conflict. Examining the autobiographical and practice experiences with diverse cultural, historical and social realities highlights both challenges and breakthroughs in this burgeoning area. Comprehensive in review, this ground-breaking book investigates:

– the role of movement in conflict dynamics
– exposes the limitations of omitting the body from the understandings of conflict
– explores the ethical dimensions of embodied approaches
– proposes key strategies for conflict intervention

Come take the journey through the body as the authors examine how a closed body leads to a closed mind and how movement and dance can positively alter conflict resolution.

http://apps.americanbar.org/abastore/index.cfm?pid=5100023&section=main&fm=Product.AddToCart

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The Hidden Door: Mindful Sufficiency as an Alternative to Extinction

The Hidden Door: Mindful Sufficiency as an Alternative to Extinction

By Mark Burch (Instructor – CSOP 2011)

Many people sense that consumer culture is dragging us toward extinction.  We feel trapped in a cell of our own making. If humanity is to have any sort of future worth living in, we must discover an exit from our confinement. There is a door, hidden in plain sight.

What sort of culture might appear if we took seriously the essential values and principles that form the deep structure of voluntary simplicity and used them to inform a new perspective of the good life? Might we discover an exit from the confining cell of consumer culture? Can we find the passage leading beyond individual lifestyle choice to cultural renaissance? This book aims to help seed this renaissance by widening the conversation about how we transition from the road to extinction to a path with heart that has a future.

https://www.createspace.com/4477285

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The Ethic of Traditional Communities and the Spirit of Healing Justice: Studies from Hollow Water, the Iona Community, and Plum Village

by Jarem Sawatsky

What is healing justice? Who practices it? What does it look like? In this international study on healing justice, Jarem Sawatsky examines traditional communities including Hollow Water — an Aboriginal and Metis community in Canada renowned for their healing work in the face of 80% sexual abuse rates; the Iona Community — a dispersed Christian ecumenical community in Scotland known for their work towards peace, healing, and social justice, rebuilding of community and the renewal of worship; and Plum Village — a Vietnamese initiated Buddhist community in southern France — and home to the Nobel Peace Prize nominated author — Thich Nhat Hahn. These case studies record a search for the kind of social, structural, and spiritual relationships necessary to sustain a healing view of justice. Through comparing cases, Sawatsky identifies the common patterns, themes and imagination which these communities share. The commonalities among those that practice healing justice are then examined for their implications for wider society, particularly for restorative justice and criminal justice.

http://www.amazon.ca/Traditional-Communities-Spirit-Healing-Justice/dp/1843106876

 

 

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First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law: Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives

First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law: Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives

Edited by Catherine Bell and Val Napoleon

First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law explores First Nations perspectives on cultural heritage and issues of reform within and beyond Western law. Written in collaboration with First Nation partners, it contains seven case studies featuring indigenous concepts, legal orders, and encounters with legislation and negotiations; a national review essay; three chapters reflecting on major themes; and a self-reflective critique on the challenges of collaborative and intercultural research. Although the volume draws on specific First Nation experiences, it covers a wide range of topics of concern to Inuit, Metis, and other indigenous peoples.

http://www.amazon.ca/First-Nations-Cultural-Heritage-Law/dp/0774814624/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352912529&sr=1-1

 

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Current Approaches in Drama Therapy: 2nd Edition

By assorted authors including Armand Volkas, edited by David Johnson and Renee Emunah

The second edition of Current Approaches in Drama Therapy offers a revised and updated comprehensive compilation of the primary drama therapy methods and models that are being utilized and taught in the United States and Canada, including four new approaches… A distinct index of key concepts in drama therapy is included, demonstrating the consolidation and breadth of theory in the field. This highly informative and indispensable volume is geared toward drama therapy training programs, mental health professionals, theatre and drama teachers, school counselors, and organizational development consultants.

http://www.amazon.com/Current-Approaches-Drama-Therapy-Johnson/dp/0398078483

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Piecework: A Woman’s Peace Theology

By several authors including Wendy Kroeker

A book of letters, conversations and reflections about peace from a feminist Mennonite perspective.  This 80-page book written by seven Mennonite women from across Canada. They vary in age and relate at different levels to the church. All share a background in theological studies.

http://www.amazon.com/Piecework-A-Womens-Peace-Theology/dp/0968308015/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292014752&sr=1-1

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Justpeace Ethics: A Guide to Restorative Justice and Peacebuilding

By Jarem Sawatsky

Drawing on the imaginations of some leading peace and restorative justice practitioners, Justpeace Ethics identifies components of a justpeace imagination—the basis of an alternative ethics, where the end is touched with each step. In this simple companion to justpeace ethics, Jarem Sawatsky helps those struggling with how to respond to conflict and violence in both just and peaceful ways.

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