John Paul Lederach won the book of the year award at our Coventry Conference in 2012 for his book When Blood and Bones Cry Out: Journeys in the Soundscapes of Healing and Reconciliation. He is one of the main innovators in connecting theory and practice in peacebuilding, a theme which is highly relevant to CRS members.
His most recent piece, How Does Humanity Unite, identifies four lessons on what we have learned as conflict resolvers/peacebuilders in responding to extreme violence of the kinds evident in recent incidents globally.
The blog can be accessed here:
https://humanityunited.org/how-does-humanity-unite-series/how-does-humanity-unite/.
This post first appeared on Humanity United’s blog on July 18, 2016.