TY - BOOK AU - Robson,Susan TI - Living with conflict: a challenge to a peace church SN - 9780810886735 AV - BX7676.3 U1 - 289.6/41 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Lanham PB - The Scarecrow Press, Incorporated KW - Society of Friends KW - Great Britain KW - Case studies KW - Church controversies KW - Conflict management KW - Religious aspects KW - Société des Amis KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Études de cas KW - Controverses religieuses KW - Gestion des conflits KW - Aspect religieux KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - Denominations KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Wider Worlds; 3 Smaller Worlds; 4 "Don't Even Think about It"; 5 Are All the Peace Churches like This?; 6 Power, Authority, Leadership, and Government; 7 The One and the Many; 8 Making "Safe Spaces" to Talk; 9 Public and Private Stories; 10 Living with Conflict; Glossary of Quaker Terms; Bibliography; Index; About the Author N2 - In Living with Conflict: A Challenge to a Peace Church, Susan Robson explores the discomforts and denials that can arise when an organization committed to doing good suspects that it is not living up to its declared aims. This case study of Quakers in the United Kingdom closely examines the challenge of living constructively despite ever-present internal conflicts. Drawing on ideas from contemporary organizational theory, Robson's study points the way forward for Quakers and other value-based groups UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=670159 ER -