Additional Resources

Polarization, Contention in the U.S.

• The Polarization Index, December 2022 ed.
• Pew Research Center

Uniting, Healing, and Peace

• The Dignity Index
• National Governor’s Association, “Disagree Better”
• Derek A. Webb, The Original Meaning of Civility: Democratic Deliberation at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, 64 S. C. L. Rev. 183 (2012).
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Civility Experts Inc.
• walktheridge.com
• George Washington’s Farewell Address, 1796. U.S. Department of State.
• A Time to Build, Yuval Levin, Hatchette Book Group (2020).

Religious Texts

• The Holy Bible
• The Hebrew Bible
• The Quran
• The Book of Mormon
• Doctrine & Covenants
• Catholic Church, Statements by Pope Francis
• Southern Baptist Convention Faith & Messages
• National Baptist Convention
• “Peacemakers Needed,” President Russell M. Nelson, April 2023 General Conference, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• United Methodist Church, Book of discipline & book of resolutions free versions: UMC books. United Methodist Church - Cokesbury. (2016).
• “Oneness and Pluralism: Hinduism’s Essence,” Hindu American Foundation, June 8, 2022.