Redeeming Conflict: 12 Habits for Christian Leaders

This is immensely practical, immensely theological and deeply insightful. If everyone understood the contents of this book i think the world would be a much better place.

Required for class but a great book

It gives us practical tools to improve communication with others

Ann's understanding of conflict and how it can bring us closer together was thought provoking.

I teach at a Catholic High School, my wife and I have been married for 40 years, we have four children, AND I am turning back to the first page to read it again!

Outstanding overview of best practices and theological reflection on those practices.

We all face conflict but few in a way that is healthy and life giving. Garrido shows how to change that so we can grow individually and as a community.

Before Redeeming Conflict there have been many attempts to study, analyze, and even evaluate how and why we argue. We have been given complicated formulas, charts, and vast sequences of steps to draw from in the heat of the moment. All of these books, though helpful, feel lacking in those edgy milliseconds when we simply want to slap somebody. What we have never been given is a deeper view, a “theology of conflict” and Christian habitus that offer hope for transformation—a conflict makeover from the inside out.In one moment Garrido has us pondering the powerful thoughts of Aquinas and Augustine and in the next considering why her husband thought it would be a good idea to surprise her with a freshly painted bright yellow kitchen.Dr. Garrido’s style is light and accessible. She handles the topic of conflict with wit, depth, and the keen insight of one adept at running theological thought through the fire of her ministerial experience. Steady they self, this is a great read for anyone, or any group serious about the hard work of redeeming conflicts.