Teaching Peace: Nonviolence and the Liberal Arts [Paperback]

This book is an excellent resource for libraries, educators, and peace practitioners. It is filled with many stimulating ideas and insights and rewards a careful reading. Any individual concerned about teaching peace at a liberal arts institution will want to be familiar with this collection.Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the academic curriculum. This book isn't just for religion or philosophy teachersit is for all educators.This book opens a new frontier in understanding nonviolence. Discussions of peace and nonviolence usually focus on either moral theory or practical dimensions of applying nonviolence in conflict situations. Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the academic curriculum. This book isn't just for religion or philosophy teachersit is for all educators. Teaching Peace begins with a discussion rooted in Christian theology, where nonviolence is so central and important. But it is clear that there are other paths to nonviolence, and that one certainly doesn't have to be a Christian to practice nonviolence. The pieces that follow, therefore, show how a nonviolent perspective impacts disciplines across the curriculumfrom acting, to biology, to mathematics, to psychology.Chapter 1 Introduction: Christian Nonviolence and the Enlightenment Crisis Part 2 I. What Is Nonviolence? Chapter 3 Violence and Nonviolence Part 4 II. Nonviolence in the Bible and Theology Chapter 5 Violence in Christian Theology Chapter 6 The God of the Bible and the Nonviolence of Jesus Chapter 7 Nonviolence in the (Biblical) Struggle to Know Part 8 III. Nonviolence in History and Politics Chapter 9 Violence, Nonviolence, and the Search for Answers in History Chapter 10 Nonviolent Political Movements as Missed Opportunity in Kosovo Chapter 11 The Bush Doctrine and Pacifist Pedagogy Part 12 IV. Nonviolence and the Humanities Chapter 13 Nonviolence, Anabaptism, and the Impossiblel3ã