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[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: July 26, 2010 10:22:04 AM CDT
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion Group Discussion Group <hidisc [at] 
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> I'm forwarding this new book notice since the contributors seem to be probing 
> some new aspects of this overly neglected policy area.
> 
> Bob
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>> From: Brian Alston <profalston [at] gmail.com>
>> Date: July 26, 2010 9:18:15 AM CDT
>> To: profalston [at] gmail.com
>> Subject: re: New Volume on War and Reconciliation
>> 
>> Dear Colleague;
>> 
>> This volume may be of interest to you and your students. I have attached the 
>> book cover, and posted below author summaries and the Table of Contents. 
>> Brian Alston
>> 
>> “Visions in conflict: International Perspectives on values and enmity.”
>> 
>> The volume is available at Amazon at this link:
>> 
>> (http://www.amazon.com/Visions-Conflict-International-Perspectives-Values/dp/1439269149/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276098423&sr=1-3)
>> 
>>  A conflict in visions stands at the center of major international and 
>> national crises in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, or elsewhere. Whether in 
>> mass killing, genocide, or intractable conflict, ideology is usually present 
>> and plays important role. By ideology (political, religious, economic, 
>> social, or some other) is meant visions of social arrangements and human 
>> relations that provide meaning and hope for a group. Such ideologies can 
>> identify others as enemies who stand in the way of their fulfillment. The 
>> present volume contains essays written by authors from around the world on 
>> powerful vehicles of conflict resolution-namely, religion, psychology, 
>> education and training, psychotherapy, and sports. It is our sincere hope 
>> that these essays shed light on the process of peace and reconciliation.
>> 
>> TABLE OF CONTENTS
>> 
>>  
>> Foreword.....................................................................................................................................i
>> 
>>  
>> About the 
>> Contributors..........................................................................................................iii
>>  
>> Visions in Conflict: 
>> Introduction.........................................................................................vii
>> Brian C. Alston
>>  
>> God, Strangers, Friends, Neighbors, Enemies: Religious Constructs of the 
>> "Other"....1
>> William R. Clough
>>  
>> The Tribal Instinct Hypothesis: Evolution and the Social Psychology of 
>> Intergroup 
>> Relations.............................................................................................................13
>> Mark Van Vugt and Justin H. Park
>>  
>> The Utility of Teaching Conflict Resolution in War: A Case Study From 
>> Iraq.........35
>> Elisa Levy
>>  
>> Through Tribulation and Despair: Understanding the Serbian Orthodox Church 
>> in Today’s Newly Independent 
>> Kosovo...........................................................................45
>> Rudy Scholaert
>>  
>> The Role of Agnomancy in the Creation and Perpetuation of 
>> Conflict..................... 81
>> William R. Clough
>>  
>> Healing Hurts: The Forgiveness Factor (South 
>> Africa)...........................................................................101
>> Basil Joseph Pillay
>>  
>> Reconciliation After Genocide, Mass Killing or Intractable Conflict: 
>> Understanding the Roots of Violence, Psychological Recovery and Steps Toward 
>> a General Theory (Rwanda)
>> ..................................................................................................111
>> Ervin Staub
>>  
>> Reconciliation and Peace Through Recreation, Play and Leisure: Approaches 
>> That Penetrate Deeply and Widely Throughout Society (East 
>> Africa)....................... 141
>> Valarie Vat Kamatsiko
>>  
>> Reconciliation and Peace Through Recreation, Play, and Leisure 
>> (Uganda)............................ 157
>> Catherine O’Keefe
>>  
>> Advancing Healing and Reconciliation 
>> (Congo)..........................................................................161
>> Ervin Staub and Laurie Anne Pearlman
>>  
>> Promoting Deeper Values: Lessons Learned and Some Common 
>> Themes.............187
>> Steven E. Handwerker
>>  
>> About the Contributors:
>> 
>>  Brian C. Alston, STM, MA, is an adjunct professor at Grand Canyon 
>> University and has been involved in peaceful conflict resolution since 
>> leading peer mediation during Boston’s turbulent school busing crisis of the 
>> 1970s. He is a master’s-level clinician and college professor teaching in 
>> the areas of ethics, neurotheology, psychology, philosophy, and religion. He 
>> has pioneered work in the disciplines of neurotheology and relationship 
>> literacy. Currently he is bringing awareness to the politicization of 
>> poverty, both domestic and international, by working in Haiti and by 
>> organizing symposia and book projects (including the Visions in Conflict 
>> series) to disseminate the good work of others doing peaceful conflict 
>> resolution around the world.
>> 
>>  William R. Clough, MDiv, DMin, is a professor in and program chair of the 
>> Pastoral Community Counseling Program at Argosy University in Sarasota, 
>> Florida. His degrees include an MDiv (theology) and DMin (counseling) from 
>> Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and an
>> 
>> MA (human development) from Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode 
>> Island. He writes and presents on practical theology, peacemaking, and 
>> counseling. He is an Educator Member of the American Association of Pastoral 
>> Counselors; a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research; 
>> a Diplomat of the National Center for Crisis Management; a Minister of Word 
>> and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church, USA; and a member of Peace River 
>> Presbytery.
>> 
>>  Steven E. Handwerker, PhD, DDiv, is a licensed psychologist in New York, 
>> Florida, and South Dakota and has served as a clinical psychologist with 
>> individuals, couples, and groups for more than three decades. He currently 
>> lives in Florida, where he is a devoted husband of 35 years and a caring 
>> father to a 20-year-old daughter and a 16-year-old son. He is board 
>> certified as a forensic examiner and trauma specialist. He also serves on 
>> the Professional and Scientific Board for the Crisis Management Division of 
>> the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Handwerker is chief executive 
>> officer of the 501(c)(3) international peace organization the International 
>> Association for the Advancement of Human Welfare, which he founded in 1997. 
>> He has also served as a U.S. Supreme Court mediator. His work is diverse, as 
>> he continues to work with all individuals and groups who work toward peace.
>> 
>>  Valarie Vat Kamatsiko is the regional research and documentation 
>> coordinator for AmaNet, World Vision’s peace network covering nine countries 
>> in East Africa. She has carried out extensive context analysis to inform 
>> conflict-sensitive programming as well as research and advocacy in the areas 
>> of conflict and peace building. Her most recent research projects and 
>> publications have been in the areas of children and young people as peace 
>> builders, children affected by armed conflict, church approaches to peace 
>> and reconciliation, and local capacities for peace assessments. She is also 
>> the editor of *The Peace-Seeker*, a quarterly journal that facilitates the 
>> sharing of best practices in peace building and lessons learned within World 
>> Vision East Africa and World Vision International.
>> 
>>  Elisa Levy, MA, has written and trained others on team building, conflict 
>> resolution, anger management, and women’s rights. Her work ranges from 
>> training Sunnis and Shiites on conflict resolution in Iraq to doing team 
>> building training for United Nations staff in southeastern Europe and 
>> Fortune 500 companies in the United States. She has developed training 
>> programs on violence prevention for the United Nations that have been 
>> replicated in 13 countries, and a book on violence prevention that she 
>> co-authored is now used by more than 200 organizations and universities 
>> around the world. Her audiences include major airlines, restaurants, 
>> doctors, court administrators, teachers, and youth.
>> 
>>  Catherine O’Keefe, MEd, CTRS, has been on the faculty of the University of 
>> South Alabama in Mobile for almost 30 years. She earned her bachelor’s 
>> degree in art at Spring Hill College, a Jesuit institution in Mobile, and 
>> her MEd in therapeutic recreation at the University of South Alabama. She 
>> has spent her adult life teaching about the value of recreation in community 
>> building as a vehicle for the inclusion of persons with disabilities and 
>> personal/group health and wellness. One of her chief goals is to inform 
>> social science disciplines of the benefits inherent in recreation for 
>> societal good on both the local and global levels.
>> 
>>  Basil Joseph Pillay, PhD, is head of the Department of Behavioral Medicine 
>> at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine at the University of 
>> KwaZulu-Natal and chief clinical psychologist for hospital services of the 
>> KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Administration in Durban, South Africa. Widely 
>> published, he is an internationally recognized academic and clinician, 
>> represents his discipline on national and international bodies, and serves 
>> on several scientific committees. He is a past president of the 
>> Psychological Society of South Africa.
>> 
>>  Rudy Scholaert, MA, served as World Vision International’s peace building 
>> program director in Kosovo from 1999 to 2004. In this capacity, he acted as 
>> an advisor and program manager for a number of civil society development and 
>> peace building projects across the province. It was at this time that he 
>> became the driving force behind the Council for the Peace & Tolerance 
>> program in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica. Rudy also led a number 
>> of conflict mitigation projects in Kosovo funded by the U.S. Institute of 
>> Peace and the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs. Rudy is also the founder 
>> and president of the Eagle Down Foundation (www.eagledown.org).
>> 
>>  Ervin Staub, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of 
>> Massachusetts, Amherst, and founding director of the PhD concentration in 
>> the psychology of peace and the prevention of violence. President emeritus 
>> of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence: Peace 
>> Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association and of the 
>> International Society for Political Psychology, he has taught at Harvard and 
>> was a visiting professor at Stanford University, the University of Hawaii, 
>> and the London School of Economic and Political Science. He has studied, 
>> written, and lectured on the influences that lead to caring, helpful, 
>> altruistic behavior and their development in children; the origins of mass
>> 
>> violence, especially genocide, mass killing, torture, and terrorism; the 
>> prevention of group violence; reconciliation in postconflict settings; the 
>> development of positive group relations; and the role of passive and active 
>> bystanders in all these areas. Since 1998 he has worked on various projects 
>> in Rwanda, working with communities, national leaders, and journalists as 
>> well as on radio dramas and with other educational programs in Rwanda, 
>> Burundi, and the Congo to promote healing, reconciliation, and violence 
>> prevention.
>> 
>>  Mark Van Vugt, PhD, is a professor of social psychology at the University 
>> of Kent in the United Kingdom. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the 
>> University of Groningen and his PhD from the University of Maastricht in The 
>> Netherlands. He has published widely on topics in social and evolutionary 
>> psychology, including intergroup relations, leadership, social identity, 
>> altruism, and cooperation. He is the chief editor of “Cooperation in Modern 
>> Society: Promoting the Welfare of Communities, States, and Organizations” 
>> (Routledge, 2000) and co-author of the textbook “Applying Social Psychology” 
>> (Sage, 2007). He is a Fellow of the British Academy Centenary Project "Lucy 
>> to Language" and a member of the editorial boards of various journals in the 
>> field of social psychology.
>> 
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