nonviolence

The Pause
document

The Pause

Reflections shared with the On Being community following the 6 January insurrection.

2021
Burma Diary
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Burma Diary

A travel diary written over the course of John Paul's first trip to Myanmar in Spring 2003.

2003
Conflict Transformation: A Comparison
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Conflict Transformation: A Comparison

A figure that compares tactics and approaches of nonviolent activism and mediation.

1996
Integration: What is the Value-Added of Peacebuilding
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Integration: What is the Value-Added of Peacebuilding

A short description of the contribution of peacebuilding frameworks, lenses, skills, and imaginative potential in different contexts.

2005
Conflict Transformation and the Health Care Worker
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Conflict Transformation and the Health Care Worker

An article exploring the role and potential contributions of health care providers in a conflict transformation and peacebuilding.

2000
Unmasking Evil: Religiously Motivated Peacebuilding and the Challenge of Terror
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Unmasking Evil: Religiously Motivated Peacebuilding and the Challenge of Terror

A draft paper written for presentation at the First Annual Catholic Peacebuilding Network Conference held in 2004.

2004
Foreword, Satyagraha and Nonresistance
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Foreword, Satyagraha and Nonresistance

The foreword to Satyagraha and Nonresistance, which explores tensions and resonances between the Anabaptist notion of nonresistance and Gandhian views of nonviolence.

2009
How the United States Can Step Back from the Brink
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How the United States Can Step Back from the Brink

A message co-written with Melanie Greenberg in the lead up to the November 2020 elections in the United States offering ways to deescalate and counteract mounting polarization in the country.

2020
Conflict Transformation
blog post

Conflict Transformation

An abridged version of the book, The Little Book of Conflict Transformation.

2003
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