Answering the violence
Subtitle: encounters with perpetrators
By: John Lampen
Series: Pendle Hill pamphlet -- 412; Pendle Hill pamphlet -- 412.
Publisher: Pendle Hill Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wallingford, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780875744124
Subjects: Peace-building; Conflict management; Nonviolence; Violence; Peace movements; Society of Friends; Political activity; Consolidation de la paix; Gestion des conflits; Non-violence; Mouvements pacifistes; Aspect religieux; Société des Amis; Activité politique
Description: 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.
Notes: "April 2011."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-40).