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The Poetic Unfolding of the Human Spirit

The Poetic Unfolding of the Human Spirit

A travelogue reflecting on what it means to be fully engaged in the world.

Pepperdine University Lecture The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace

Pepperdine University Lecture The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace

A contribution to the W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture Series at Pepperdine University's Seaver College.

The Challenge of Peacebuilding for Ex-Prisoners and Ex-Combatants

The Challenge of Peacebuilding for Ex-Prisoners and Ex-Combatants

A conference paper that shares key themes about the challenges of building peace and the role and challenges in particular for ex-prisoners and ex-combatants in settings of protracted conflict.

Strategic Peacebuilding: An Overview

Strategic Peacebuilding: An Overview

A chapter that sketches the contours of a theory of strategic peacebuilding and offers practical suggestions for peacebuilding practitioners.

Civil Society and Reconciliation

Civil Society and Reconciliation

An overview of how to build civil society and reconciliation in post-accord settings where protracted conflicted has created deep animosities and divisions.

The Art and Soul of Civil Leadership: Democracy that Delivers

The Art and Soul of Civil Leadership: Democracy that Delivers

A keynote address delivered at The Transformative Mosaic Conference, organized by Mediation Northern Ireland in 2011.

Moral Imagination: A Journey of Practical Conflict Transformation

Moral Imagination: A Journey of Practical Conflict Transformation

A lecture delivered at Regis University in 2008 based on the book The Moral Imagination.

UNLV Lecture The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace

UNLV Lecture The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace

A contribution to the Peace in the Desert Lecture Series of the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Peacebuilding Today: An Appeal for the Moral Imagination

Peacebuilding Today: An Appeal for the Moral Imagination

A lecture given at Messiah College's Sider Institute on the power of the moral imagination in the turning point of a new Millennium in human history.