John Backman

Why Can't We Talk? (eBook, ePUB)

Christian Wisdom on Dialogue as a Habit of the Heart

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594734847
• Artikelnr.: 50000358

Autorenporträt

John Backman is a member of the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation board of directors and creator of The Dialogue Venture. He writes extensively on contemporary spirituality and its ability to help us dialogue across divides and his work has been published in several faith-based and secular national publications. He is an associate in the Order of the Holy Cross, a community of Benedictine Episcopal monasteries in North America and South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword vii
INTRODUCTION: Talking with the Adversary ix
1 When You Have to Move the Elephant 1
2 Hearing the Call to Dialogue 17
3 Roadblocks on the Way 29
4 Engaging the Work of the Soul 41
5 Three Mind-Sets for the Journey 59
6 Pushing beyond Our Borders 69
7 Making Dialogue Happen 83
8 Dialogue Unbound 97
9 Dialogue in the War Zone 111
EPILOGUE: A Gentle Challenge to Our Culture 125
Acknowledgments 129
APPENDIX: Spiritual Practices for the Way of Dialogue 132
Notes 141
Suggestions for Further Reading 148