TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lott,David B.
TI  - Conflict management in congregations
T2  - Harvesting the learnings series
AV  - BV652.L884.C664 2001 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - [Bethesda, Maryland]
PB  - Alban Institute
KW  - Church controversies
KW  - Conflict management
KW  - Church management
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
N1  - "All the chapters in this book ... originally appeared in slightly different forms in Action information and Congregations: the Alban journal" except "The basics of conflict management in congregations ..."; 1; Introduction  --; Harvesting the learnings on conflict management; Speed B. Leas --; dynamics of conflict. When conflict erupts in your church; Speed B. Leas --; basics of conflict management in congregations; Speed B. Leas  --; Nine common sources of conflict in congregations; Roy W. Pneuman  --; Conflict: the birthing of the new; Caroline A. Westerhoff  --; Creative tension in congregational life: beyond homeostasis; George D. Parsons; Speed B. Leas  --; Should I leave? A letter from one priest to another; Warner White --; Responding to conflict. The illusion of  congregational "happiness"; When criticism comes: understanding and working through our defensiveness; James A. Sparks  --; Neutralizing a history; George D. Parsons  --; Recovering from a church fight: talking across the old lines; George D. Parsons --; language of caring spoken here; George D. Parsons  --; Who's at fault when the pastor gets fired?; Speed B. Leas  --; How to handle complaints about your fellow staff member; Speed B. Leas --; Situational conflict. Managing conflict in yoked parishes: a case study; Clinton A. McCoy  --; Managing conflict in African American congregations; Ernest W. Walker  --; From surgery to acupuncture: an alternative approach to managing church conflict from an Asian American perspective; Virstan B.Y. Choy  --; Teach us to needle, needle us to learn: a response to Virstan Choy's "From surgery to acupuncture"; David W. Augsburger  --; Making my world view visible: a response to Virstan Choy's "From surgery to acupuncture"; Alice Mann  --; Mediation: what can we learn from the Chinese?; Margaret E. Bruehl; 2
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