asia and central asia

A contribution to the W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture Series at Pepperdine University's Seaver College.

An article exploring challenges of inclusivity in peace processes and proposing a shift in metaphor to enhance inclusivity.

A conference address reflecting on the relationship between Mercy and forgetfulness on the path toward healing.

A conference paper that explores dominant and alternative metaphors in peacebuilding.

The foreword to Belfast: Toward a City Without Walls, which tells the stories of individuals, communities, and agencies involved in maintaining peace at the interfaces of Belfast.

The foreword to the book The Cooperative Solution, which offers local examples of cooperative economics that provide a vision of true globalization from below, a vision of a just and sustainable world.

The foreword to the first volume of Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict, which describes peacebuilding performances in regions beset by violence and internal conflicts.

A chapter focusing on a community mediation initiative in Nepal that employed participatory action research as the mode for understanding practice and the development of relevant training materials for local use. 

An inquiry into experiences of Catholic leadership with armed groups and actors that overviews the types of experiences, approaches, and challenges church leaders face in contexts of open violence, and secondly proposes and explores a theology of peacebuilding.