Awakening

Vern Neufeld Redekop is professor of conflict studies at Saint Paul University.Gloria Neufeld Redekop is former research coordinator for Saint Paul University.

Awakening illuminates key discoveries in the sciences, theology, psychology, spirituality, humanities, and peace and conflict studies. The process of awakening is seen through the lens of emergent creativity and spirituality with a view toward taking responsibility for relationships and creating justice.

Acknowledgments1 The SECR Story: The Narrative and Key Concepts behind the Spirituality, EmergentCreativity, and Reconciliation Research InitiativeVern Neufeld RedekopI. SCIENCE, EMOTIONS, AND RE-ENCHANTMENT2 The Re-Enchantment of Humanity: The Implications of "No Entailing Laws"Stuart Alan Kauffman3 Microscopes and Mystics: A Response to Stuart Kauffman's Call to "Re-Enchantment"Neil Theise4 Natural Spirituality and the Biology of EmotionKatherine Peil Kauffman5 Scientific Investigation and Spiritual Awareness: Stuart Kauffman, Bernard Lonergan, andSpiritual Re-EnchantmentJamie PriceII. THE EMERGENCE OF THE ETHICAL6 Prophetic Reading and Emergent Creativity in Genesis 1Sandor Goodhart7 Reinventing Natural Law as a School of Virtue: Towards a Global Ethic in the Context of Emergent CreativityNadia Delicata8 The Emergence of both Torah and Jesus: Sources of Hope in the Face of DesperationVern Neufeld RedekopIII. RELIGION, EMERGENCE, AND WELLBEING9 Spiritual Awakenings and Subsequent Rigidity in Evangelical HistoryGloria Neufeld Redekop10 Revelation Through Diversity in Creation: A Muslim Alternative to the Modern LiberalParadigm of DiversityMatthew A. MacDonald11 What Linguistic Philosophy and Abrahamic Faith Can Teach Us About EmbodiedPeacemaking and the Authentic Use of Peace LanguageBarbod SalimiIV. CONSCIOUSNESS, RELATIONSHIPS, JUSTICE, AND PEACE12 Profound Transformation in Relationship and Creativity in Spiritual (and Secular)Awakening: Implications for ReconciliationKelly A. Kilrea13 Intentional Peace: The Role of Human Consciousness in the Emergence of Peace and ConflictMegan Price14 Practices of Reconciliation and Relational ResponsibilityBorislava Manojlovic and Andrea Bartoli15 Justice Displaced or Justice Restored?: The emergent properties of apology as a means ofaddressing past wrongsNeil Sargent16 The Relational Ecosystem for Peace: An Integrated Heart-Based Approach to PeacebuildingBrigitte Gagnon and Patrice BrodeurIndexAbout the Contributors