Synopsis The author proposes community-making as a way to achieve internationalpeace. He "attempts to build a bridge between the basic concepts of community-making on a personal level and international, intercultural understanding. .. . {Peck then} considers issues of community-making and peace as they relateto three particular institutions: the arms race, . . . the Christian Church, and the government of the United States." (Introduction)Annotation Here is a profound and powerful challenge to the millions of people who have already benefited from Dr. Peck's guidance in books such as The Road Less Traveled.Description from The Reader's Catalog"In The Road Less Traveled, Dr. M. Scott Peck led millions of readers on a rewarding journey of psychological and spiritual development. Now, in his profound and powerful new book, he challenges us to take another journey in self-awareness: to achieve, through the creative experience of community, a new 'connectedness' and wholeness." -- from the jacket"Scott Peck has done it again. The Different Drum could mobilize groups the way The Road Less Traveled inspired individuals." -- Marilyn FergusonFrom The PublisherIn The Different Drum, the next step, the next challenge, the next journey is presented: to achieve, through the creative experience of community, a new "connectedness" and wholeness.ReviewsFrom Library Journal In his newest book psychiatrist Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled ( LJ 9/15/78), explores the nature of community, which can be recognized, he suggests, by the vulnerability, honesty, and theological cultural inclusiveness of its participants. Born of a yearning for world peace, this draws exciting analogies between the ways communities emerge and the dynamics of individual spiritual development. A moving work that achieves a rich integration of social/psychological insights and a contem
Annotation Here is a profound and powerful challenge to the millions of people who have already benefited from Dr. Peck's guidance in books such as The Road Less Traveled.Description from The Reader's Catalog"In The Road Less Traveled, Dr. M. Scott Peck led millions of readers on a rewarding journey of psychological and spiritual development. Now, in his profound and powerful new book, he challenges us to take another journey in self-awareness: to achieve, through the creative experience of community, a new 'connectedness' and wholeness." -- from the jacket"Scott Peck has done it again. The Different Drum could mobilize groups the way The Road Less Traveled inspired individuals." -- Marilyn FergusonFrom The PublisherIn The Different Drum, the next step, the next challenge, the next journey is presented: to achieve, through the creative experience of community, a new "connectedness" and wholeness.ReviewsFrom Library Journal In his newest book psychiatrist Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled ( LJ 9/15/78), explores the nature of community, which can be recognized, he suggests, by the vulnerability, honesty, and theological cultural inclusiveness of its participants. Born of a yearning for world peace, this draws exciting analogies between the ways communities emerge and the dynamics of individual spiritual development. A moving work that achieves a rich integration of social/psychological insights and a contem
Description from The Reader's Catalog"In The Road Less Traveled, Dr. M. Scott Peck led millions of readers on a rewarding journey of psychological and spiritual development. Now, in his profound and powerful new book, he challenges us to take another journey in self-awareness: to achieve, through the creative experience of community, a new 'connectedness' and wholeness." -- from the jacket"Scott Peck has done it again. The Different Drum could mobilize groups the way The Road Less Traveled inspired individuals." -- Marilyn FergusonFrom The PublisherIn The Different Drum, the next step, the next challenge, the next journey is presented: to achieve, through the creative experience of community, a new "connectedness" and wholeness.ReviewsFrom Library Journal In his newest book psychiatrist Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled ( LJ 9/15/78), explores the nature of community, which can be recognized, he suggests, by the vulnerability, honesty, and theological cultural inclusiveness of its participants. Born of a yearning for world peace, this draws exciting analogies between the ways communities emerge and the dynamics of individual spiritual development. A moving work that achieves a rich integration of social/psychological insights and a contem
From The PublisherIn The Different Drum, the next step, the next challenge, the next journey is presented: to achieve, through the creative experience of community, a new "connectedness" and wholeness.ReviewsFrom Library Journal In his newest book psychiatrist Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled ( LJ 9/15/78), explores the nature of community, which can be recognized, he suggests, by the vulnerability, honesty, and theological cultural inclusiveness of its participants. Born of a yearning for world peace, this draws exciting analogies between the ways communities emerge and the dynamics of individual spiritual development. A moving work that achieves a rich integration of social/psychological insights and a contem
ReviewsFrom Library Journal In his newest book psychiatrist Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled ( LJ 9/15/78), explores the nature of community, which can be recognized, he suggests, by the vulnerability, honesty, and theological cultural inclusiveness of its participants. Born of a yearning for world peace, this draws exciting analogies between the ways communities emerge and the dynamics of individual spiritual development. A moving work that achieves a rich integration of social/psychological insights and a contem