Stephan V Beyer

Talking Stick

Peacemaking as a Spiritual Path

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Practices for openhearted speaking and devout listening to restore harmony in families, relationships, schools, workplaces, and communities

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 136mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781591432579
• ISBN-10: 159143257X
• Artikelnr.: 44005236

Autorenporträt

Stephan V. Beyer, Ph.D., J.D., is a well-known writer and speaker on shamanism and spirituality. He is also a community builder, peacemaker, and carrier of council. He has been trained and certified in many areas of circle processes, mediation, and nonviolence and has offered peacemaking workshops to a wide variety of audiences, from therapists to theologians, and at Montessori, charter, alternative, and public schools. He has served as a Lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice at Chicago State University, teaching undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in restorative justice and in the theory and practice of nonviolent resistance. He lives in Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Pa r t I
The Heart of Peacemaking
1 Toward a Sacred Way of Being with Others
2 The Geography of Hierarchy
3 The Components of Council
4 The Intentions of Council
5 Ensuring Safety
6 What Is Council About?
PART I I
Applied Peacemaking
7 Stories
8 Advice
9 Conflict
10 Dealing with Anger
11 Harms
12 Revenge
13 Apologizing
14 Forgiving
15 Healing Circles
Par t I I I
Walking t he Peace Path
16 Why Council Works
17 The Invisible Talking Stick
18 Walking the Peace Path
19 Setting Out on the Peace Path
Appendix A. Council Variations
Appendix B. Warm-ups
Appendix C. “Moe Sits in Council”
Index