As founding Director of the Conflict Transformation Program and Institute of Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, the author has provided consultation and direct mediation in a range of situations. Representing his thinking and learning, this book explores the evolution of his understanding of peacebuilding. In its depth of wisdom regarding the dynamics of soul, spirit and society that lead good people to become effective practitioners of conflict transformation in war zones, The Moral Imagination could serve as the magnificent capstone to a life's work. The thrilling fact, however, is that Lederach stands not at the end but at the midpoint of a remarkable journey of conciliation, peacebuilding and ethical reflection. This book is a milestone in that journey; there is nothing quite like it in the literature of social change, peace and conflict studies, theology, ethics, and spiritualit?