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Abstract of "The Moral Imagination: The Art And Soul Of Building Peace" by Lederach, John Paul

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Lederach, John Paul. The Moral Imagination: The Art And Soul Of Building Peace. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

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As founding Director of the Conflict Transformation Program and Institute of Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, Lederach's book focuses on his thinking and learning over the past few years. He explores the evolution of his understanding of peacebuilding by looking back on his own experiences. Peacebuilding, in his view, is both a skill and an art. Finding this art, he says, requires a worldview shift.

A leader who does not hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. -- Golda Meir

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