Resources for Peacemaking

Want to learn more about peace studies? Here are some resources recommended by people interviewed in Will work for Peace [1].

Publications:
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Revised and Expanded [2] by Stephen Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer, John H. Coatsworth, and Richard A. Nuccio (David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies)

Called to Be Peacemakers: The Challenge and Promise of Peace in the 21st Century by Tom Cordaro [3], Dr. Jeanette Rodriguez, and Scott Wright (Pax Christi USA; available for free download at paxchristiusa.org/Ppifinalenglish.pdf)

Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination [4] by Walter Wink (Fortress)

Global Directory of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Programs [5], seventh edition

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In [6] by Roger Fisher, William Ury, & Bruce Patton (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way [7] by Walter Wink (Fortress)

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life [8] by Marshall B. Rosenberg (Puddledancer Press)

Peacebuilding: A Caritas Training Manual [9] (available for free download)

Reconciliation: Mission and Ministry a Changing Social Order [10] by Robert J. Schreiter (Orbis)

The American Street Gang: Its Nature, Prevalence, and Control [11] by Malcolm W. Klein (Oxford)

The Long Loneliness [12] by Dorothy Day (HarperOne)

The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace [13] by John Paul Lederach (Oxford)

Washington's War on Nicaragua [14] by Holly Sklar (South End Press)

Organizations and websites
ACCU (Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities) Peace and Justice Initiatives [15]

Catholic Peacebuilding Network [16]

Idealist.org [17]

Peace and Justice Studies Association [18]

This article is a web-only resource that accompanies "Will work for peace," which appeared in the March 2010 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 75, No. 3, pages 12-17).