Peacebuilding and its challenging partners: Justice, human rights, development and solidarity.
by Whitmore, Todd D.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) In, Robert j. Schreiter, et. al, editors, Peacebuilding: Catholic theology, ethics, and praxis. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. pp. 155-189. To attend to these areas of needed shift in Catholic social teaching on peace, it is helpful to look at the ways in which that teaching...
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Catholic Relief Services: Catholic peacebuilding in practice.
by Headley, William
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) In, Robert j. Schreiter, et. al, editors, Peacebuilding: Catholic theology, ethics, and praxis. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. pp. 125-154. This chapter provides an analysis of some of the lessons learned from CRS’s peacebuilding efforts in different parts of the world....
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Reconciliation: A Catholic ethic for peacebuilding in the political order.
by Philpott, Daniel
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) In, Robert j. Schreiter, et. al, editors, Peacebuilding: Catholic theology, ethics, and praxis. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. pp. 92-124. A proposal for such an integrated ethic, or at least the essentials of one, I unfold in this chapter. While it shares the concern of the...
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What kind of peace do we seek? Emerging norms of peacebuilding in key political institutions.
by Love, Maryann Cusimano
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) In, Robert j. Schreiter, et. al, editors, Peacebuilding: Catholic theology, ethics, and praxis. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. pp. 56-91. Why study the norms developing in institutions? Institutions are key for new norms to take hold. Norms don’t exist in a vacuum or...
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The long journey back to humanity: Catholic peacebuilding wih armed actors.
by Lederach, John Paul
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) In, Robert j. Schreiter, et. al, editors, Peacebuilding: Catholic theology, ethics, and praxis. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. pp. 23-55. This chapter begins an inquiry into the experiences of Catholic leadership with armed groups and actors. The purpose is two fold. First,...
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Peacebuilding and Catholicism: affinities, convergences, possibilities.
by Appleby, R. Scott
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) In, Robert j. Schreiter, et. al, editors, Peacebuilding: Catholic theology, ethics, and praxis. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. pp. 3-22. This book describes the myriad of ways in which the Catholic Church is engaged in peacebuilding activities and operations around the world....
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Peacebuilding: Catholic theology, ethics and praxis.
by Appleby, R. Scott
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. In this volume, leading Catholic theologians, scholar-practitioners, and ethicists take up the challenge of developing a conceptually coherent, theologically accurate, spiritually enlivening, and practically effective approach to Catholic...
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No bars hold.
by White, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Xlibris Corporation. The books presents a series of reflections on crime, victimisation, and offending. It draws on the experiences of a long time prison volunteer working with a restorative justice...
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Implementing restorative justice in children’s residential care.
by Hayden Carol
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Bristol: The Policy Press. Restorative justice and restorative approaches are becoming increasingly valued as a way of responding to a wide range of conflicts, including problem and offending behaviours. The growth in the use of restorative justice and restorative approaches has...
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Debating restorative justice.
by Cunneen, Chris
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Oxford and Portland: Hart Publishing. In this first volume of the series Carolyn Hoyle argues that communities and the state should be more restorative in responding to harms caused by crimes, antisocial behaviour and other incivilities. She supports the exclusive use of...
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Restorative justice for domestic violence victims: An integrated approach to their hunger for healing.
by Fernandez, Marilyn
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. “Restorative justice for domestic violence victims” uses a rich and detailed set of interviews and complementary survey data to make a strong case for introducing restorative justice principles into the existing menu of services for...
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Citizens in RJ: Who empowers whom?
by Kemény, Siri Ilona
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Newsletter of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. 11(1):6-7. If we really want RJ not only to gain social acceptance and support, but also to become a tool to “reinvent” social capital and local, practical knowledge in local communities — to let...
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Social support for RJ by crafting a strategy based on the importance of public opinion.
by Pali, Brunilda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Newsletter of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. 11(1):1-3. Although public support and participation is crucial to the extent of being essential for RJ, the reality shows that the public is not familiar with RJ. With this concern in mind, the project “Building...
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Justice rising: The emerging biblical vision.
by Heagle, John
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. This book addresses these vital questions by exploring the meaning and evolution of biblical justice and its challenge for contemporary faith communities. It also describes the need for a personal and communal conversion that flows from this...
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Drug courts: Background, effectiveness, and policy issues for Congress.
by Franco, Celinda
June 4, 2015
Source: (2010) CRS Report for Congress. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. Drug courts are specialized court dockets, or portions of judges’ calendars of cases, that generally target nonviolent offenders with substance-abuse problems. These programs provide offenders with...
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