Transforming Conflict - The Blessings of Congregational Turmoil

Informationen zum Autor Terasa Cooley has over 30 years of experience as a parish minister and denominational official, and is a recognized trainer and speaker on many issues related to healthy congregational functioning. Ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister, Cooley received her BA at the University of Texas, her MDiv at Harvard Divinity School, and Doctor of Ministry at Hartford Seminary. Klappentext With more than three decades of ministry and conflict resolution research, Rev. Dr. Terasa Cooley embraces conflict as an opportunity for growth within church congregations. Exploring the neuroscience and psychology of conflict, Cooley reveals new response patterns and includes exercises and discussion questions for individuals or group seminars.

About the author

Khanyile Mlotshwa is a Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Global Scholarly Dialogue Programme research fellow.Gil Rendle most recently served as senior vice president with The Texas Methodist Foundation in Austin Texas and as an internationally respected independent consultant working with issues of change and leadership in Protestant, Catholic and Jewish denominational systems. Prior to this position he served the Alban Institute as an author, seminar leader and senior consultant for twelve years. An ordained United Methodist minister, Rendle also served as senior pastor of two urban congregations in Pennsylvania and as a denominational consultant for The United Methodist Church. He is the author of ten books, a contributor to four books, and the author of numerous articles and monographs. Recent books include Doing the Math of Mission (2014) and Quietly Courageous: Leading the Church in a Changing World (2018) published by Rowman & Littlefield. He was named as a Distinguished Alumni of the Boston University School of Theology in 2021. Gil is a resident of Haverford, Pennsylvania where he lives with his wife, Lynne.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Terasa G. Cooley, Terasa Cooley, Terasa G. Cooley, Terasa G. Dr. Cooley
• Assisted by: Gil Rendle (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781538161838
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6183-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); RELIGION / Leadership, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Conflict Resolution, Christianity, Christian life & practice, Family & relationships, Relating to Christian people & groups, Family & relationships: advice & issues, RELIGION / Christian Living / General, Religious life & practice, Christian social thought & activity, Religious social & pastoral thought & activity