Answering the violence : encounters with perpetrators / John Lampen.
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TextSeries: Pendle Hill pamphlet ; 412Publication details: Wallingford, Pa. : Pendle Hill Publications, 2011. Description: 40 p. ; 19 cmISBN: 9780875744124 (pbk.); 0875744125 (pbk.)Subject(s): Peace-building | Conflict management | Nonviolence | Violence | Peace movements -- Northern Ireland | Peace-building -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends | Society of Friends -- Political activityLOC classification: BX7732.P4Summary: As a people committed to peace, Friends have nonetheless, from time to time, sought to build close relationships with perpetrators of violence, with groups and individuals who may be labeled "oppressors" or "terrorists." Why? What part do such relationships play in efforts to end differences and build peace in troubled situations? John Lampen, who has served as a Quaker peace worker in Northern Ireland and elsewhere, draws on his own experiences and the accounts of other peace workers to explore the controversies, risks, rewards, and possible benefits of reaching out in friendship to perpetrators of violence. -- Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-40).
As a people committed to peace, Friends have nonetheless, from time to time, sought to build close relationships with perpetrators of violence, with groups and individuals who may be labeled "oppressors" or "terrorists." Why? What part do such relationships play in efforts to end differences and build peace in troubled situations? John Lampen, who has served as a Quaker peace worker in Northern Ireland and elsewhere, draws on his own experiences and the accounts of other peace workers to explore the controversies, risks, rewards, and possible benefits of reaching out in friendship to perpetrators of violence. -- Back cover.
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