Part of the Peace Skills Set, this Leaders' Guide isdesigned to prepare people to lead Peace Skills workshops intheir communities. It contains several suggested workshop designsto accommodate different workshop goals, lengths, and formats;clear guidelines for teaching with role plays, case studies andsacred texts; and a broad variety of cases, role plays and specificfaith texts for group discussion.

The ONLY conflict resolution resource that looks at the religious dimensions of conflict and peace! In the Peace Skills training package, which includes a Leaders' Guide and a Participant's Manual, expert workshop leaders Alice and Robert Evans and Ron Kraybill (known for for their work on the South African peace and reconciliation movement) distill their many years of experience teaching peace-building skills to community leaders around the world. The Leader's Guide is designed to prepare people to lead Peace Skills workshops in their communities. It contains workshop designs and guidelines for teaching with role plays, case studies and sacred texts. The Manual is designed as a take-home resource to support workshop participants as they return to their communities and both apply their mediation skills and share their insights with others. This wise resource is a powerful tool for church lay leaders and clergy, church consultants, and missionaries and international peace workers.

A major teaching breakthrough, Christian Theology: A Case Method Approach bridges the gap between the theological reflection and human experience and encourages fruitful dialogue between divergent interpretations. Organized around central motifs in the Apostles' Creed, nine actual cases on contemporary themes have been prepared by experienced case writers. These cases represent a variety of issues which call for a response: hunger and faith, language and commitment, doubt and death. The goal of each is to relate Christian theology to a real life situation. But how reach this goal? This is the core question, and it provides the still point around which the discussions revolve. A total of thirty four "e;theological briefs"e; by representatives of major traditions and perspectives reflect on the cases involved and the issues to be resolved.

Part of the Peace Skills Set, this Leaders' Guide isdesigned to prepare people to lead Peace Skills workshops intheir communities. It contains several suggested workshop designsto accommodate different workshop goals, lengths, and formats;clear guidelines for teaching with role plays, case studies andsacred texts; and a broad variety of cases, role plays and specificfaith texts for group discussion.

The ONLY conflict resolution resource that looks at the religious dimensions of conflict and peace! In the Peace Skills training package, which includes a Leaders' Guide and a Participant's Manual, expert workshop leaders Alice and Robert Evans and Ron Kraybill (known for for their work on the South African peace and reconciliation movement) distill their many years of experience teaching peace-building skills to community leaders around the world. The Leader's Guide is designed to prepare people to lead Peace Skills workshops in their communities. It contains workshop designs and guidelines for teaching with role plays, case studies and sacred texts. The Manual is designed as a take-home resource to support workshop participants as they return to their communities and both apply their mediation skills and share their insights with others. This wise resource is a powerful tool for church lay leaders and clergy, church consultants, and missionaries and international peace workers.

A major teaching breakthrough, Christian Theology: A Case Method Approach bridges the gap between the theological reflection and human experience and encourages fruitful dialogue between divergent interpretations. Organized around central motifs in the Apostles' Creed, nine actual cases on contemporary themes have been prepared by experienced case writers. These cases represent a variety of issues which call for a response: hunger and faith, language and commitment, doubt and death. The goal of each is to relate Christian theology to a real life situation. But how reach this goal? This is the core question, and it provides the still point around which the discussions revolve. A total of thirty four "e;theological briefs"e; by representatives of major traditions and perspectives reflect on the cases involved and the issues to be resolved.