movement

Five Qualities of Practice in Support of Reconciliation Processes
chapter

Five Qualities of Practice in Support of Reconciliation Processes

A practitioner’s view of attitudes and approaches for supporting reconciliation that have proven useful, cautioning against reducing reconciliation to a formula or technique-based methodology.

2001
Conflict Transformation: The Case for Peace Advocacy
chapter

Conflict Transformation: The Case for Peace Advocacy

A chapter that advances an orientation to peacemaking termed peace advocacy, which emphasizes a trust-based approach undertaking with a long-term commitment and based on the development of relationships.

1991
The Paradox of Popular Justice: A Practitioner’s View
chapter

The Paradox of Popular Justice: A Practitioner’s View

A reflection highlighting the authors' tensions around the concepts of popular, justice, community, and empowerment and an inside view and assessment of the success and potential of the movement toward popular justice.

1993
Conflict Transformation in Protracted Internal Conflicts: The Case for a Comprehensive Framework
chapter

Conflict Transformation in Protracted Internal Conflicts: The Case for a Comprehensive Framework

A chapter that outlines a comprehensive framework for conflict transformation in protracted, internal conflicts.

1995
Hope and Liberation
presentation

Hope and Liberation

John Paul shares a story and reflections from his experience accompanying a conflict transformation movement in Nepal with Duke Divinity School's Summer Institute for Reconciliation.

2024
Beyond Violence: Building Sustainable Peace
paper

Beyond Violence: Building Sustainable Peace

A published chapter of John Paul's remarks at the Beyond Violence Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland in November 1994.

1998
John Paul Lederach Speaks at the Next Gen Peace Conference
presentation

John Paul Lederach Speaks at the Next Gen Peace Conference

A keynote speech at the 2016 Alliance for Peacebuilding Conference reflecting on accompaniment of peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Nepal across a decade.

2016
Message to Global Unites
video recording

Message to Global Unites

A message about conflict transformation and a transformational model for social change shared with Global Unites in the organization of a global youth summit.

2016
The Circle of Reconciliation: Seeking the Natural Frequency
presentation

The Circle of Reconciliation: Seeking the Natural Frequency

A lecture about the circular nature of reconciliation delivered in 2005 for Rice University's Annual Lectureship.

2005
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