The Poetic Unfolding of the Human Spirit

The Poetic Unfolding of the Human Spirit
"We must find our way back to humanity, to the wellspring of love that gave us all birth and has the capacity to shift the affairs of enmity. The yet to be born await the gift of our imagination."

What does it mean in this day and age to explore a global dream? John Paul Lederach, professor of International Peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame, writes a rare travelogue reflecting on what it means to be fully engaged in the world. “My vocation falls somewhere between a Hopi rainmaker and Van Gogh’s Potato Planter,” he writes. His travelogue carries within it many touchstones that will open your heart and mind.

Lederach, John Paul. The Poetic Unfolding of the Human Spirit. Essays on Exploring a Global Dream 4. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Fetzer Institute, 2011.

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