war

Practicing Peace: Psychological Roots of Transforming Conflicts

An article that links psychosocial theories with the social energies of reconciliation, then applies this framework to the case of Guatemala, emphasizing the value of linking the literatures of peace psychology and conflict transformation.

2014

interview

“In Conversation”: John Paul and Gladys Ganiel

A conversation at the 2021 4 Corners Festival reflecting on peacebuilding and conflict transformation through John Paul's career past and present.

2021

document

Burma Diary

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

2003

diagram

Doodle One. Conflict as a Line Image

A doodle from The Moral Imagination expressing the escalation and deescalation of conflict through a single line in time.

2005

document

Dilemma Posing: Framing Conflict as Interdependent Goals

A short article explaining the value and practice of dilemma posing in peacebuilding.

1998

document

Conflict in the Countryside

An exercise to develop a proposal for the construction of health clinics in a country navigating conflict following the signing of a peace accord.

2002

document

Sam Doe

A story of Liberia peacebuilder Sam Doe's journey to participate in Eastern Mennonite University's Summer Peacebuilding Institute.

document

A Story from Colombia: We Have Decided To Think For Ourselves

A story about courageous leadership in the area of La India in Colombia.

2005

document

A Story from Ghana: I Call You Father Because I Do Not Wish to Disrespect You

A story of an encounter admist the escalation of conflict in Northern Ghana that shifted the future unfolding of conflict, perhaps planting the seeds that avoided a civil war.

2005

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