Peace, Human Development and Overcoming Violence
by Petrou, Ioannis
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) In Emmanuel Clapsis, ed., Violence and Christian Spirituality An Ecumenical Conversation. Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches. Pp. 23-31. “Thus, peace cannot simply be regarded as the prevention of war, but as a creative effort to form the appropriate conditions...
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Violence, Religion and Globalization
by Kotzias, Nikos
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) In Emmanuel Clapsis, ed., Violence and Christian Spirituality An Ecumenical Conversation. Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches. Pp. 14-22. “Every church reserves the right to try to influence society in principle and in practice, without using any form of...
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Overcoming Violence: An Ecumentical Christian Task
by Kobia, Samuel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) In Emmanuel Clapsis, ed., Violence and Christian Spirituality An Ecumenical Conversation. Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches “Now, the world is responding to this situation with growing concern and determination. The UN Decade for a Culture of Peace and...
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Images of Restorative Justice Theory.
by Mackay, Robert
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Frankfurt, Germany: Verlag fur Polizeiwissenschaft. ‘Images of Restorative Justice Theory’ is the product of serious work and discussions over four years in an international and multidisciplinary group funded by the COST Action A 21 ‘Restorative Justice...
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Summary Report: Repaying Debts.
by Thompson, Michael D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) New York: Council of State Governments Justice Center. This summary report, the first of its kind, addresses the various types of debts that people released from prisons and jails typically owe their victims, their families, and various criminal justice agencies. his summary...
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Truth-Telling as Talking Cure? Insecurity and Retraumatization in the Rwandan Gacaca Courts.
by Brounéus, Karen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2008) Security Dialogue. 39(1):55-76. This article presents unique material from in-depth interviews with 16 women in Rwanda who have testified in the gacaca, the village tribunals initiated to enhance reconciliation after the 1994 genocide. The aim of the interviews was to learn more...
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A Christian Spirituality of Peace and Justice in a Violent World
by Demetrios, Archbishop
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) In Emmanuel Clapsis, ed., Violence and Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Conversation. Geneva, Switzerland: Holy Cross Orthodox Press. Pp. 1-7. “In order to answer these difficult questions, we as Christians and churches in a violent world must understand the...
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Violence and Christian Spirituality: An Ecumenical Conversation
by Clapsis, Emmanuel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Geneva 2, Switzerland: World Council of Churches. “What is the relationship of our Christian faith to the violence we see in the world? How do we respond to violence in a manner that is rooted in our faith and our relationship to God? In this relationship with a God of...
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Repairing the Past? International Perspectives on Reparations for Gross Human Rights Abuses.
by du Plessis, Max
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) Antwerpen, Oxford: Intersentia. “The aim of this book is to stimulate debate on the issue of reparations, in the hope that it will lead to increased visibility for the many deserving groups striving for some form of meaningful recognition or recompense for past injustices...
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Towards a Restorative Society
by Boston, Professor Jonathan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) In Gabrielle Maxwell and James H. Liu, ed., Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand: Towards a Restorative Society. Wellington, NZ: Institute of Policy Studies, Pp. 321-326. “This book puts forward new and important ideas. In particular, it advances a vision of a...
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Reflections on the Spirit of Justice
by Marshall, Christopher D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) In Gabrielle Maxwell and James H. Liu, ed., Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand: Towards a Restorative Society. Wellington, NZ: Institute of Policy Studies, Pp. 311-319. “A second critical idea that recurs throughout these pages is that of the nature of...
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Can a Restorative Approach Heal and Restore?
by Maxwell, Gabrielle
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) In Gabrielle Maxwell and James H. Liu, ed., Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand: Towards a Restorative Society. Wellington, NZ: Institute of Policy Studies, Pp. 305-309. “The rising imprisonment rates, the continual increases in prison security that make...
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Justifying Restorative Justice
by Baehler, Karen
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) In Gabrielle Maxwell and James H. Liu, ed., Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand: Towards a Restorative Society. Wellington, NZ: Institute of Policy Studies, Pp. 289-299. “This chapter argues that the restorative society movement in its broader form (as...
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Reflections on a Social Psychology of Justice: Implications for Restorative Justice Practices
by Liu, James H
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) In Gabrielle Maxwell and James H. Liu, ed., Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand: Towards a Restorative Society. Wellington, NZ: Institute of Policy Studies, Pp. 275-287. “The ‘market metaphor’ of justice, based around inputs and outputs and rewards...
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Restorative Justice Serving the Need for Justice
by Taylor, A. J. W.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2007) In Gabrielle Maxwell and James H. Liu, ed., Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand: Towards a Restorative Society. Wellington, NZ: Institute of Policy Studies, Pp. 265-273. “Consequently, this chapter goes beyond the preception of justice deriving from the...
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