Over the past forty years, congregations, businesses, other organizations, and communities across the United States have become increasingly divided along political and ideological lines.In When the Center Does Not Hold, David R. Brubaker, with contributions by colleagues Everett Brubaker, Carolyn Yoder, and Teresa J. Haase, offers relevant, practical mentorship on navigating polarized environments. Through easily accessible stories, they provide tools and processes that w...

How do we address trauma, interrupt cycles of violence, and build resilience in a turbulent world of endless wars, nationalism, othering, climate crisis, racism, pandemics, and terrorism? This fully updated edition offers a practical framework, processes, and useful insights.The traumas of our world go beyond individual or one-time events. They are collective, ongoing, and the legacy of historical injustices. How do we stay awake rather than numbing or responding v...

Following the staggering events of September 11, 2001, the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University was asked to help, along with Church World Service, to equip religious and civil leaders for dealing with traumatized communities. The staff and faculty proposed Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) programs. Now, STAR director, Carolyn Yoder, has shaped the strategies and learnings from those experiences into a book for all who have known terrori...

Wie gehen wir heilsam mit traumatischen Erlebnissen um? Wie können wir Resilienz fördern und Kreisläufe der Gewalt überwinden – inmitten einer Welt, die mit Krieg, Ausgrenzung und Rassismus, mit dem Klimawandel, mit Pandemien und Terrorismus konfrontiert ist? Die Traumata unserer Welt gehen über einzelne und einmalige Ereignisse hinaus. Sie sind kollektiv, anhaltend und häufig Folge historischer Ungerechtigkeiten. Wie reagieren wir darauf besonnen und mutig statt unbedacht oder gar gewaltt...

A behind-the-scenes look at Inauguration Day in the United States.

Article about the history of political mascots (or symbols), donkey and elephant, and the cartoonist Thomas Nast.

Proverbs shape our moral imagination.The Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries provide compact, critical commentaries on the books of the Old Testament for the use of theological students and pastors. The commentaries are also useful for upper-level college or university students and for those responsible for teaching in congregational settings. In addition to providing basic information and insights into the Old Testament writings, these commentaries exemplify the tasks and procedu...