Practicing reconciliation in a violent world

• Main Author: Battle, Michael 1963- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Morehouse Publications 2005
• Subjects: Reconciliation > Christianity > Religious aspects; Violence > Religious aspects > Christianity
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• Physical Description: v, 119 pages 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118)
• ISBN: 9780819221094; 0819221090

How do we practice reconciliation in a world full of violence? How do we love someone at work who seems hell-bent on sabotaging a successful career? And how do religious people resolve differences when religious interpretations seem to lead to righteous indignation rather than reconciliation? We practice reconciliation, according to Michael Battle, by affirming that God is present and acting on that belief, even in the midst of something that looks more like the devil's work. Battle, who worked with Desmond Tutu in South Africa in the past, draws on his knowledge of biblical texts, as well as contemporary scholarship, to examine the ways in which each of us can practice being reconciling people