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The Power of Reconciliation

The Power of Reconciliation

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Hardback

£17.99

Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 9781399402972
Number of Pages: 304
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 21.6 cm

Welby writes about Reconciliation as seeking to disagree well. It relates to both religious and secular communities, from the household to the international. Conflict is widespread. With the after-effects of Covid, changes in science and technology, inequality, and increasingly polarized political and social strife, moves towards reconciliation are more necessary than ever. Both before ordination and since Welby has seen conflict first-hand. He has spent many years working on issues of conflict around the world. The book is full of practical advice for all those in authority on how to bring about reconciliation. There is even a step-by-step guide for this, drawn from the author's own experience. The book is thus down-to-earth, plugged into reality and devoid of pointless optimism or a Pollyannaish view of our contemporary problems. Furthermore, there is the dignity of difference. Today there is so much intolerance of views that are other than our own as we demonize those we do not agree with. This important book will be published in advance of the 2022 Lambeth Conference in July, when bishops from all round the world will assemble in Canterbury. But the importance of this book will go far beyond the confines of a Conference, which will nonetheless be widely reported. The influence of Desmond Tutu's Truth and Reconciliation Commission is evident in this book's pages.

Introduction

Part I
1 What is Reconciliation?
2 The Hindrances to Reconciliation
3 Changing the Heart

Part II
Introduction
4 Researching or How to Become Consciously Ignorant
5 Relating – the Power of Love
6 Relieving Need – Love Made Visible
7 Risking
8 Reconciling – the Long Journey
9 Supplies for the Journey – Resourcing

Part III
Introduction
10 Difference Should Make Us Curious
11 Being Present
12 Reimagining
13 Three Examples for Reflection
14 Conclusion

Acknowledgements
Reading List
Notes
Index

Justin Welby

The Most Reverend Justin Welby is the present Archbishop of Canterbury and thus senior Bishop of the Anglican Communion throughout the world. He was formerly Bishop of Durham. He spent a number of years working full-time on reconciliation, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is an honorary fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

This is his third book for Bloomsbury Continuum.

Welby combines his authority as leader of the global Anglican Communion with managerial wisdom gleaned in his first career as a corporate executive to offer insight on conflict resolution. * Publishers Weekly * While some books peter out before they finish, this one keeps going to the end, and the third section offers some of the more rewarding pages in the book * Church Times * In this solid guide, Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, offers advice on how to find common ground with adversaries. The author's stories about working for the International Centre for Reconciliation illuminate how to put the principles into action, and readers will appreciate his pragmatic advice. This helpful program belongs on shelves next to Desmond Tutu's No Future Without Forgiveness." * Publishers Weekly * There is something splendid and heroic about the Archbishop's commitment to reconciliation. * Church of England Newspaper * A book written for our times. Welby's exploration of the moral imagination, bolstered by his exquisite intellect and engaging storytelling, validate his thesis that disagreeing well "is the very cornerstone of Christian faith". * The Tablet * ... Archbishop Justin's prose [is] approachable and perspicuous... An excellent tool to help us work towards [reconciliation]. * Premier Christianity *

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