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Ambassadors of Reconciliation Vol. II Diverse Christian Practices of Restorative Justice and Peacemaking

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ISBN-10: 1570758336

ISBN-13: 9781570758331

Edition: 2009

Authors: Elaine Enns, Ched Myers

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Restorative justice refers to a social movement that seeks to repair interpersonal, communal, and social injustices without recourse to violence or retribution. Volume two analyzes the contemporary terrain of restorative justice and peacemaking in North America and profiles the exemplary work of nine practitioners who incarnate the scriptural vision in real life contexts of profound violence and injustice.
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Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Orbis Books
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Mark Van Steenwyk is a co-founder of the Mennonite Worker in Minneapolis. He is a contributing editor at JesusRadicals.com and the producer of the Iconocast podcast. Mark is a speaker and grassroots educator; with the support of the Central Plains Mennonite Conference, he has nurtured and networked radical Christian communities throughout North America.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Models for Integral Restorative Justice and Peacemaking in North America
Probing the Roots of Violence
Tending the Branches of Peacemaking
Estranged Relatives: Mediation and Nonviolent Action
Full-Spectrum Peacemaking
Moral Imagination and Social Change
Testing the Soil of Power and Privilege
Mapping Social Power
Privilege in Reparative Justice Work: A Conversation with Harley Eagle
Contemporary Pioneers of Restorative Justice and Peacemaking
Victims and Offenders From Violence to Healing
Joe Avila of Prison Fellowship
Walking the �Bridge of Sighs�
To Make Amends
Marietta Jaeger Lane of Murder Victim Families for Human Rights
I Gave God Permission to Change My Heart
We Will Not Create Another Victim
Witnessing in War Zones Deconstructing Enmity
Myrna Bethke of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Facing the Rubble in New York
Facing the Rubble in Afghanistan
James Loney of Christian Peacemaker Teams
A Helplessness That Leads to God
Getting in the Way of War
Sophia's Choice Women Facing the Beast
Elizabeth McAlister of Jonah House
From Dissent to Resistance
Plowshares Actions as Public Liturgy
Murphy Davis of the Open Door Community
Learning from the Persistent Widow
Poverty and Prisons: Opposite Ends of the Same System
Solidarity with the Executed
Confronting Historic Injustice Truth and Reconciliation
Lawrence Hart of Return to the Earth
Everything I Do Is from My Stance as a Peace Chief
Laying the Past to Rest with Dignity
Nelson Johnson of the Greensboro Truth and Community Reconciliation Project
Decoding a �Culture of Civility�: From the Sit-Ins to the Klan Massacre
From Death to Resurrection: Toward Beloved Community
Conclusion
Appendix: Restorative Justice Principles in the Greensboro Truth and Community Reconciliation Project
Some Needs of Victims and Their Families
Some Needs of Offenders and Their Families
Some Needs of Community
References