Popular Education Series
Explore three free sets of expert curriculum from the Tom Porter Religion & Conflict Transformation Program to grow your knowledge and peacemaking skills today.
Recommended Readings
Conflict Transformation
The Spirit and Art of Conflict Transformation by Tom Porter
The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace by John Paul Lederach
Introduction to Christian Ethics: Conflict, Faith, and Human Life by Ellen Ott Marshall
Justpeace Ethics: A Guide to Restorative Justice and Peacebuilding by Jarem Sawatsky
Restorative Justice
The Little Book of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr
The Little Book of Biblical Justice by Chris Marshall
Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and A Road to Repair by Danielle Sered
Trauma Healing
The Little Book of Trauma Healing by Carolyn Yoder
Spirit and Trauma by Shelly Rambo
Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
Enfleshed Counter-Memory: A Christian Social Ethic of Trauma by Stephanie C. Edwards
Interfaith Peacebuilding
Bridges Across an Impossible Divide: The Inner Lives of Arab and Jewish Peacemakers by Marc Gopin
My Neighbor’s Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth and Transformation by Jennifer Howe Peace, Or N. Rose, et al.
Interfaith Leadership: A Primer by Eboo Patel
Community Organizing
Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice by Edward Chambers
Organizing Church: Grassroots Practices for Embodying Change in Your Congregation, Your Community, and Our World by Tim Conder and Dan Rhodes
The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza
People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal by Marshall Ganz
Nonviolent Social Change
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? By Martin Luther King Jr.
Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga
Revolutionary Nonviolence: Organizing for Freedom by James M. Lawson Jr.
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict by Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan