Conflict Management in Congregations

David B. Lott

doi:10.5771/9781566994927

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Copyright year: 2001
ISBN-Print: 978-1-56699-243-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-56699-492-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 164
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Introduction: Harvesting the Learnings on Conflict Management No access
1. 1. When Conflict Erupts in Your Church No access
2. 2. The Basics of Conflict Management in Congregations No access
3. 3. Nine Common Sources of Conflict in Congregations No access
4. 4. Conflict: The Birthing of the New No access
5. 5. Creative Tension in Congregational Life: Beyond Homeostasis No access
6. 6. Should I Leave? A Letter from One Priest to Another No access
1. 7. The Illusion of Congregational "Happiness" No access
2. 8. When Criticism Comes: Understanding and Working through Our Defensiveness No access
3. 9. Neutralizing a History No access
4. 10. Recovering from a Church Fight: Talking across the Old Lines No access
5. 11. A Language of Caring Spoken Here No access
6. 12. Who's at Fault When the Pastor Gets Fired? No access
7. 13. How to Handle Complaints about Your Fellow Staff Member No access
1. 14. Managing Conflict in Yoked Parishes: A Case Study No access
2. 15. Managing Conflict in African American Congregations No access
3. 16. From Surgery to Acupuncture: An Alternative Approach to Managing Church Conflict from an Asian American Perspective No access
4. 17. Teach Us to Needle, Needle Us to Learn: A Response to Virstan Choy's "From Surgery to Acupuncture" No access
5. 18. Making My World View Visible: A Response to Virstan Choy's "From Surgery to Acupuncture" No access
6. 19. Mediation: What Can We Learn from the Chinese? No access
Contributors No access Pages 161 - 164