Dalton Reimer Announces the Release of 'Story-Formed Pathways to...

By: Robert Diamond Nov. 14, 2018

Dalton Reimer is a peace educator in the mode of the traditional storyteller. He calls readers to action around a single vision — making peace a reality by drawing on the unexpected power of stories to transform the world. His book titled “Story-Formed Pathways to Peace: Headline News from Genesis, Jesus and Today” (published by Xlibris) is another step in a journey of nearly three decades interpreting and sharing these stories.

The book retells the family stories of Genesis and Jesus, with commentary that informs all three of the Abrahamic religions of the world: Judaism, Islam and Christianity. It examines each story through the lens of conflict and peacemaking, “showing a way to peace in our time from the ‘no’ to murder to the ‘yes’ to reconciliation.”

Each chapter introduces imagined headlines of the ancient story with actual, parallel headlines from the present, thus highlighting this connection of past and present. Going back those pathways toward peace illuminates possibilities for the present and future. It extends the wisdom tradition of sacred texts.

“Story-Formed Pathways to Peace: Headline News from Genesis, Jesus and Today” prompts readers to rethink their approaches to conflict and peacemaking, affirm what is good in what they have learned in their families of origin and along the way, as well as change destructive behaviors challenged by the modeling of the characters in the stories told. For more details about the book, please visit https://www.amazon.com/Story-formed-Pathways-Peace-Headline-Genesis/dp/1984550446.

About the Author
Dalton Reimer is the co-founder and former co-director of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies at Fresno Pacific University, established in 1990. Earlier in 1960, he joined the faculty of what was then Pacific College. His first field of teaching was communication, which expanded in later years into peace and conflict studies. He served the university over the years in various capacities. Simultaneously, he served in various leadership roles in the church, both locally, nationally and internationally. After beginning his journey toward retirement in 2002, Reimer continued his work with the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies with a particular focus on international peace education development. He has also taught and lectured at institutions of the church and higher education on five different continents. He is the co-editor of Christian Conflict Resolution as well as a contributor to several other works. He earned his bachelor’s degree from California State University, Fresno and master’s and doctoral degrees from Northwestern University in Illinois.

Xlibris Publishing, an Author Solutions, LLC imprint, is a self-publishing services provider created in 1997 by authors, for authors. By focusing on the needs of creative writers and artists and adopting the latest print-on-demand publishing technology and strategies, we provide expert publishing services with direct and personal access to quality publication in hardcover, trade paperback, custom leather-bound and full-color formats. To date, Xlibris has helped to publish more than 60,000 titles. For more information, visit xlibris.com or call 1-888-795-4274 to receive a free publishing guide. Follow us @XlibrisPub on Twitter for the latest news.

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