Awakening

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.

Vern Neufeld Redekop is professor of conflict studies at Saint Paul University. Gloria Neufeld Redekop is author and researcher in spirituality and religious social history.

Acknowledgments 1 The SECR Story: The Narrative and Key Concepts behind the Spirituality, Emergent Creativity, and Reconciliation Research Initiative Vern Neufeld Redekop I. SCIENCE, EMOTIONS, AND RE-ENCHANTMENT 2 The Re-Enchantment of Humanity: The Implications of "No Entailing Laws" Stuart Alan Kauffman 3 Microscopes and Mystics: A Response to Stuart Kauffman's Call to "Re-Enchantment" Neil Theise 4 Natural Spirituality and the Biology of Emotion Katherine Peil Kauffman 5 Scientific Investigation and Spiritual Awareness: Stuart Kauffman, Bernard Lonergan, and Spiritual Re-Enchantment Jamie Price II. THE EMERGENCE OF THE ETHICAL 6 Prophetic Reading and Emergent Creativity in Genesis 1 Sandor Goodhart 7 Reinventing Natural Law as a School of Virtue: Towards a Global Ethic in the Context of Emergent Creativity Nadia Delicata 8 The Emergence of both Torah and Jesus: Sources of Hope in the Face of Desperation Vern Neufeld Redekop III. RELIGION, EMERGENCE, AND WELLBEING 9 Spiritual Awakenings and Subsequent Rigidity in Evangelical History Gloria Neufeld Redekop 10 Revelation Through Diversity in Creation: A Muslim Alternative to the Modern Liberal Paradigm of Diversity Matthew A. MacDonald 11 What Linguistic Philosophy and Abrahamic Faith Can Teach Us About Embodied Peacemaking and the Authentic Use of Peace Language Barbod Salimi IV. CONSCIOUSNESS, RELATIONSHIPS, JUSTICE, AND PEACE 12 Profound Transformation in Relationship and Creativity in Spiritual (and Secular) Awakening: Implications for Reconciliation Kelly A. Kilrea 13 Intentional Peace: The Role of Human Consciousness in the Emergence of Peace and Conflict Megan Price 14 Practices of Reconciliation and Relational Responsibility Borislava Manojlovic and Andrea Bartoli 15 Justice Displaced or Justice Restored?: The emergent properties of apology as a means of addressing past wrongs Neil Sargent 16 The Relational Ecosystem for Peace: An Integrated Heart-Based Approach to Peacebuilding Brigitte Gagnon and Patrice Brodeur Index About the Contributors