New book by father-daughter peacebuilders published | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › New book by father-daughter peacebuilders published New book by father-daughter peacebuilders published Published: May 27, 2010 Author: Joan Fallon John Paul and Angela Jill Lederach have written “When Blood and Bones Cry Out: Journeys Through the Soundscape of Healing and Reconciliation.” Published by the University of Queensland Press, the book challenges the traditional idea that healing and reconciliation are linear and sequential “post-conflict” processes. Instead, the authors write, healing (after war, near-death experiences, or sexual violence) is circular and dynamic and can continue even when the violence hasn’t stopped. “We often hear that there are ‘phases’ in healing and reconciliation, but that isn’t the experience of many people in local communities,” said John Paul Lederach, professor of international peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. “Even the concept of ‘post conflict’ is fiction, as people live through repeated cycles of violence. We wanted to document and explore how people who had faced the unspeakable found their voices. And much of it came back to poetry, music and sound.” The authors explore the role of metaphors and music — from Tibetan singing bowls to the lyrics of Van Morrison — in personal and community healing. The book tells the stories of a mass women’s movement in Liberia; elders walking between warring clans in Somalia; former child soldiers in refugee camps; victims of rape in Sierra Leone; and John Paul and Angela’s own deeply personal experiences with trauma. “Everywhere we went, we heard themes of circles and repeating patterns,” said Angela Lederach, a 2007 Notre Dame graduate in anthropology/peace studies who has lived and worked in Central America, West Africa, the Philippines and the United States. “The stories came from people who are working tirelessly to hold their communities together. They don’t have time to consider whether they’re using an accepted model, so their ideas and approaches may seem radical to western ways of thinking.” The book “shows the resilience it takes for people to overcome devastating experiences with grace,” Angela Lederach said. “I think there’s a lot of hope in it.” Contact: John Paul Lederach, 574-631-6970, jplbus@gmail.com, or Angela Jill Lederach, alederach@gmail.com Posted In: International Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 30, 2022 Nanovic Institute to welcome former President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović September 29, 2022 Notre Dame, Ukrainian Catholic University launch three new research grants September 27, 2022 Notre Dame, Trinity College Dublin engineers join to advance novel treatment for cystic fibrosis September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture September 12, 2022 Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street … in different countries? For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn