John Paul Lederach

In When Blood and Bones Cry Out: Journeys through the soundscape of healing and reconciliation (2010), John Paul Lederach, together with his daughter Angela Jill, study the use of metaphors from sound to foster new pathways of conflict transformation and healing. They ask the question “how do people express and then heal from violations that so destroy the essence of innocence, decency and life itself that the very experience penetrates beyond comprehension and words?” (2010, p. 17). In the Lederach’s

John Paul Lederach’s The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace goes could only have been written by someone who had spent many years in the field of conflict management. With its underlying focus of the essence of peacebuilding, it looks far beyond what one may learn in any textbook or seminar. While the first 8 chapters of the text are ripe with areas for further analysis, here I will focus only on theme, found in one chapter, in the interest of brevity. In chapter 2 of The Moral

"The Sweet Hereafter and the Pied Piper" A tragic event can occur in no longer than a moment and produce a domino effect that can change everything in your life. The book "The Sweet Hereafter" by Russell Banks contains such an event. This book has a modernized undertone of the folk tale "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning. This tale is carried throughout the books entirety. Both of these stories show connections in many ways and almost parallel one another in their basic plot

the inside he knows he has to go back. “Ok,” IKaika admits,” I’ll go back. One week later and it's time for Ikaika to go back to school. Instead he feels like the king of the world. Everything is so far but as Ikaika heads to class Paul and John show up. John and Paul giggle,” Aye look, it's the little baby.” “Please stop,” Ikaika demands,” I don’t want any trouble any more. I just want to go to my class that's

The Trickster of Hamelin The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin comes in the form of a poem by Robert Browning. A poem which has been retold countless times, and has been used for inspiration in many other literary works. The primary theme of the story is to “The folly of man”. The secondary themes to support this are Greed, the loss of a generation of children, and the suggestion of heaven to which the children go. This retelling of this story, in the form of a film focuses on the story from the

Justice Stevens John Paul Stevens served as associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1975 until his retirement in 2010. Throughout his judicial career, Stevens exercised a liberal view in the courtroom and often displayed judicial restraint to the United States Congress. Justice Stevens was appointed by President Ford in 1975 because of his judicial experience and personal confidence. While serving as Associate Justice, Stevens provided opinions on many subjects including the death penalty

served on the prison reform commission and helped Senators like Philip Schulyer and Ambrose Spence to draft the penitentiary reform bill that became a law in 1796.His penal legislation authorized two state penitentiaries in Canada and New York City, John Augustus known as the “Father of Probation. “He persuaded the Boston Police Court to release an adult drunkard into his custody rather than sending him to prison. His efforts at reforming his first were not only successful he convinced the court to

Although young Muslims endure an abundance of hardships at school, Muslims face a wider variety of issues in the real world. The Supreme Court has made many rulings that would allow the government to help Muslims. Supreme Court Justice Kagan said, “the Constitution permits more active involvement in accommodating minority members” (“First Amendment…”). This means that the highest court in the nation has ruled governmental aid as constitutional, which proves the government has the authority to help

example, the Constitution says that what is said in the Constitution is the law of the land, yet some politicians are trying to take the power and freedom of the 2nd Amendment away from American citizens. For example, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wants to change the 2nd Amendment to say that you only have the right to be armed when serving in the militia. Now, this was said after Stevens had stepped down, but he was just as vocal about his opinions on the court as he was off the court

Many years ago on July 6, 1747, a man named John Paul was born. Many years later he added the last name, Jones. The facts are a little sketchy, but many believe he did this to hide from authorities after he won a duel. He was born on the southwest coast of Scotland during the warm summer. John Paul Jr. was born to John Paul Sr. and Jean Duff who had six other children. His early life was somewhat interesting, but later in life he became known as the father of the American Navy. We will explore his