Reading The Bible Transforming Conflict

Author : Carol J. Dempsey,Elayne J. Shapiro
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608330249

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Reading the Bible, Transforming Conflict by Carol J. Dempsey,Elayne J. Shapiro Pdf

An interaction between biblical studies and communication studies that demonstrates how understanding situations of conflict in the Bible can help develop skills in dealing with conflict today. Each of eleven chapters presents a biblical story (from Adam and Eve through the letters of Paul) that examines some aspect of conflict intrapersonal, interpersonal, or between humans and God. Each chapter takes up a particular theme the nature of conflict, the role of identity, the need for forgiveness, the use of power, the potential of mediation, the skills of negotiation, the possibility of reconciliation with the goal of helping students learn how to be in right relationship with one another and with God. Each chapter includes discussion questions, suggested readings, and sidebars to form an attractive text for undergraduates and general readers. Accessible language and tools to engage students are used throughout.

Author : Nicole Unice
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781496448620

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The Miracle Moment Participant’s Guide by Nicole Unice Pdf

The Miracle Moment Participant’s Guide is a six-session workbook designed for use with the companion DVD experience (sold separately). Based on the new book The Miracle Moment by popular speaker Nicole Unice, this is a great resource for anyone wanting to transform their relationships at home, in love, or at work! Designed for group or individual use, The Miracle Moment Participant's Guide is a six-week journey in discovering the practical tools to Learn to respect and respond to your emotions without letting them control you Speak words that help—rather than hurt—the likelihood of your getting what you need Identify and keep yourself safe from toxic people Become comfortable setting and holding boundaries Be your best self even when you’re tempted to shut up, blow up, or give up (Don’t miss the companion Miracle Moment DVD Experience!)

Author : Thomas W. Porter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0835810267

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The Spirit and Art of Conflict Transformation by Thomas W. Porter Pdf

This book is an instruction manual for a simple and accessible method of conflict resolution and transformation in daily life.

Author : Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger,Theresa F. Latini
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664238483

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Transforming Church Conflict by Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger,Theresa F. Latini Pdf

Using real-world case studies and examples, Hunsinger and Latini helpfully guide pastors and lay leaders through effective and compassionate ways to deal with discord.

Author : Betty Pries
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781513808703

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The Space Between Us by Betty Pries Pdf

Engage conflict to strengthen connections and build understanding. Conflict is inevitable. But rather than approaching conflicts as threats or problems to be solved, what if we could see our disagreements as opportunities for personal growth? Could our differences push us toward developing healthier relationships and communities? In The Space Between Us, facilitator and mediator Betty Pries gently guides readers toward seeing discord as an opportunity for positive change and a way to build resilience. Rooted in the conviction that conflict can strengthen our relationships and deepen our self-knowledge, Pries offers practical skills for engaging conflict and casts a vision for a more joy-filled future. To get here, Pries plumbs the depth of both conflict theory and contemplative spirituality, proposing a vision for engaging conflict in new and life-giving ways. Rooted in Christian practices of mindfulness, connecting with our most authentic selves, and deep listening to uncover new possibilities, this book offers new ways forward in the face of interpersonal and organizational conflicts.

Author : John Paul Lederach
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780836199345

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Reconcile by John Paul Lederach Pdf

“Emotionally powerful and full of practical advice and resources.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Reconcile: Conflict Transformation for Ordinary Christians,by international mediator John Paul Lederach serves as a guidebook for Christians seeking a scriptural view of reconciliation and practical steps for transforming conflict. Originally published as The Journey Toward Reconciliation and based on Lederach’s work in war zones on five continents, this revised and updated book tells dramatic stories of what works—and what doesn’t—in entrenched conflicts between individuals and groups. Lederach leads readers through stories of conflict and reconciliation in Scripture, using these stories as anchors for peacemaking strategies that Christians can put into practice in families and churches. Lederach, who has written twenty-two books and whose work has been translated into more than twelve languages, also offers new lenses through which to view conflict, whether congregational conflicts or global terrorism. A new section of resources, created by mediation professionals, professors, and pastors, offers tools for understanding interpersonal, church, and global conflict, worship resources, books and websites for further study, and invitations to action in everyday life. Free downloadable study guide available here.

Author : Gale A. Yee,Matthew J. M. Coomber,Hugh R. Page
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 1144 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780800699161

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Fortress Commentary on the Bible by Gale A. Yee,Matthew J. M. Coomber,Hugh R. Page Pdf

Presents a balanced synthesis of the scholarship, enabling readers to interpret Scripture for a complex and pluralistic world. This book discusses the dramatic challenges that have shaped contemporary interpretation of the Old Testament and Apocrypha.

Author : Alberdina Houtman,Tamar Kadari,Marcel Poorthuis,Vered Tohar
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004334816

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Religious Stories in Transformation: Conflict, Revision and Reception by Alberdina Houtman,Tamar Kadari,Marcel Poorthuis,Vered Tohar Pdf

In this volume, the editors have brought together a rich multidisciplinary collection of papers on the incorporation and adaptation of existing stories in a new context. It presents a vast array of research in mutual interaction between ancient myths, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and modern secular culture.

Author : Matthew J. M. Coomber,Hugh R. Page Jr.,Gale A. Yee
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506415864

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The Prophets by Matthew J. M. Coomber,Hugh R. Page Jr.,Gale A. Yee Pdf

This concise commentary on the Prophets, excerpted from the Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, engages readers in the work of biblical interpretation. Contributors from a rich diversity of perspectives connect historical-critical analysis with sensitivity to current theological, cultural, and interpretive issues. Each chapter (Isaiah through Malachi) includes an introduction and commentary based on three lenses: ancient context, the interpretative tradition, and contemporary questions and challenges. The Prophets introduces fresh perspectives and draws students, preachers, and interested readers into the challenging work of interpretation.

Author : Matthew J. M. Coomber,Hugh R. Page Jr. ,Gale A. Yee,Cynthia Briggs Kittredge,Margaret Aymer,David A. Sánchez
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 5724 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451489705

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Fortress Commentary on the Bible by Matthew J. M. Coomber,Hugh R. Page Jr. ,Gale A. Yee,Cynthia Briggs Kittredge,Margaret Aymer,David A. Sánchez Pdf

The Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha and Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The New Testament present a balanced synthesis of current scholarship on the Bible, enabling readers to interpret Scripture for a complex and pluralistic world. Introductory articles in each volume discuss the dramatic challenges that have shaped contemporary interpretation of the Bible. Commentary articles set each book of the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha in its historical and cultural context, discuss the themes in each book that have proven most important for the Christian interpretive tradition, and introduce the most pressing questions facing the responsible use of the Bible today. The writers are renowned authorities in the historical interpretation of the Old and New Testaments, sensitive to theological and cultural issues arising in our encounter with the text, richly diverse in social locations and vantage points, representing a broad array of theological commitment—Protestants, Catholics, Jews, and others, and alive to the ethical consequences of interpretation today. A team of six scholar editors and seventy contributors provide clear and concise commentary on key sense units in each book of the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each unit is explored through the lenses of three levels of commentary based on these critical questions. The result is a commentary that is comprehensive and useful for gaining insights on the texts for preaching, teaching, and research. In addition to the commentary essays on each book, the volumes also contain major essays that introduce each section of Scripture and explore critical questions as well as up-to-date and comprehensive bibliographies for each book and essay.

Author : Michael Ufok Udoekpo
Publisher : Resource Publications (CA)
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725256125

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The Limits of a Divided Nation with Perspectives from the Bible by Michael Ufok Udoekpo Pdf

Michael Udoekpo's work brilliantly and pastorally discusses the issues of conflict, friction, and disunity in the world--and in Nigeria in particular--from biblical, historical, and sociocultural perspectives. These issues, he stresses, are endemic in various fabrics of the Nigerian society, traceable to the family as the foundation of any given society. They are also found in religious, political, and media groups. Contributing factors, Udoekpo argues, are materialism, infidelity, relativism, and fundamentalism. Others are ethnocentrism, anthropocentricism, ignorance, bribery, and corruption with other forms of injustices. Drawing from the Bible, Udoekpo proposes prayer, proper education, truth-telling, restoration of family values, interreligious and cultural dialogue, ecumenism, enforcement of rule of law, faith, and absolute trust in God as antidotes to conflict, violence, friction, and disunity in our contemporary society.

Author : Daniel Durken
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 1552 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814646830

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New Collegeville Bible Commentary by Daniel Durken Pdf

The completion of all thirty-seven volumes of the New Collegeville Bible Commentary means an important new resource is fully available to all who wish to delve more deeply into the word of God. Now the one-volume, hardcover edition brings together every volume into a single, accessible guide to the entire Bible in a convenient and attractive format. This comprehensive resource contains the same expert commentary that characterizes the complete series of individual books. Contributors include some of today’s most highly regarded Scripture scholars, as well as some of the freshest young voices in the field. The commentaries, while reflecting the latest in biblical scholarship and study, are written in easy-to-understand language and bring expert insight into the Old and New Testament to Bible study participants, teachers, students, preachers, and all readers of the Bible. Includes full-color maps.

Author : Daniel Durken
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 1696 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814635872

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New Collegeville Bible Commentary: Old Testament by Daniel Durken Pdf

Concise and accessible, this one-volume edition of the New Collegeville Bible Commentary: Old Testament draws together the individual contributions to the Old Testament series and offers them to readers in a convenient and attractive format. Written by an array of respected scholars, the individual commentaries collected here bring expert insight into the Old Testament to Bible study participants, teachers, students, preachers, and all readers of Scripture. A first-rate, reliable resource for Bible study and reflection, the New Collegeville Bible Commentary: Old Testament answers the Second Vatican Council’s call to make access to Scripture “open wide to the Christian faithful.”

Author : Eric A. Seibert
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781620328873

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Disarming the Church by Eric A. Seibert Pdf

If Christians follow the Prince of Peace, why do they often behave so violently? What can be done to transform the church so that it looks more like Jesus? Eric Seibert explores these questions in this important and timely study. He builds a biblical and practical case for living nonviolently in all areas of life and urges Christians to reexamine their most fundamental attitudes toward violence, warfare, and killing. Through true stories and careful analysis, Seibert demonstrates that it is possible to resolve conflict, correct injustice, and stop oppression without resorting to violence. Many nonviolent alternatives are discussed throughout the book, alternatives that can be used in a wide range of situations, from dealing with an unwanted intruder at home to removing a dictator from power. In a world filled with so much violence, hate, and fear, alternatives like these are desperately needed. This book offers hope that a better way is possible, one that has the potential to transform the church and change the world. So read on and join in!

Author : Elizabeth Boyle ,Carol Dempsey
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608335541

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The Bible & Literature by Elizabeth Boyle ,Carol Dempsey Pdf