Peacemaking for Families (Focus on the Family)

Peacemaking for Families (Focus on the Family)
Ken Sande (Author), Tom Raabe (Contributor)
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Conflict Management

Basic conflict-resolution skills found in Scripture can help you change your home from a battle zone to a love nest. Distinguishing between positive and negative conflict resolution, Peacemaking for Families introduces the reader to valuable principles such as “The Peacemaker's Pledge,” the “Seven A's of Forgiveness,” and the “PAUSE Principle of Negotiation.” Real-life stories and case studies help the reader to acquire the skills needed to create a true “peacemaking family.”

• Rank: #5065 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-us.html
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .66" h x 6.34" w x 9.18" l, .71 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

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Peacemaking for Families (Focus on the Family) ISBN :9781589970069 Title :Peacemaking for Families (Focus on the Family)Authors :Sande, Ken Binding :Paperback Publisher :Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.Publication Date :Aug 20 2002 Edition : Condition :Used - Good Very minimal damage to the cover no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks minimal wear binding majority of pages undamaged minimal creases or tears. Book may have writing, underlining, highlighting, wear to cover and corners, notes i

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Why do some conflicts escalate into violence while others dissipate harmlessly? Under what circumstances will people kill, and why?While homicide has been viewed largely in the pathological terms of "crime" and "deviance," violence, Mark Cooney contends, is a naturally-occurring form of conflict found throughout history and across cultures under certain social conditions. Cooney has analyzed the social control of homicide within and across over 30 societies and interviewed several dozens of prisoners incarcerated for murder or manslaughter, as well as members of their families. Violence such as homicide can only be understood, he argues, by transcending the traditional focus on the social characteristics of the killer and victims, and by looking at the role played by family members, friends, neighbors, onlookers, police officers, and judges. These third parties can be a source of peace or violence, depending on how they are configured in particular cases. Violence flourishes, Cooney d

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