Stephen W. Littlejohn is emeritus professor at Humboldt State University and now serves as adjunct professor and lecturer at the University of New Mexico. Sheila McNamee is professor of communication at the University of New Hampshire and vice president of the Taos Institute.

• ContentsPART 1: AT HOME IN THE UNIVERSE WITH MIRACLES AND HORIZONSPrefaceChapter 1: At Home in the Universe with Miracles and Horizons: Reflections on Personal and Social EvolutionBy W. Barnett PearcePART 2: PRACTICAL THEORYChapter 2: CMM, Argumentation and Moral ForceBy Vernon CronenChapter : Enacting the Seventh Miracle: Elevating Generative Identity Stories as a Practice of CompassionBy Catherine CreedeChapter 4: On Being Present and Participating: Projecting into 21st Century Media LifeBy Robyn Penman Chapter 5: Social Worlds in their Making: Systemic Thinking from within CMMBy John Shotter and Cherrie RavelloChapter 6: Communication, Competence, and Systemic PracticeBy J. Kevin BargePART 3: DIALOGUEChapter 7: Transforming Power through Systemic Questioning in Dialogue: A Perspective from the Theory of the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM)By Victoria ChenChapter 8: Moral Conflict, Communication, and the Management of DifferenceBy Stephen W. LittlejohnChapt

Stephen W. Littlejohn is emeritus professor at Humboldt State University and now serves as adjunct professor and lecturer at the University of New Mexico. Sheila McNamee is professor of communication at the University of New Hampshire and vice president of the Taos Institute.

• ContentsPART 1: AT HOME IN THE UNIVERSE WITH MIRACLES AND HORIZONSPrefaceChapter 1: At Home in the Universe with Miracles and Horizons: Reflections on Personal and Social EvolutionBy W. Barnett PearcePART 2: PRACTICAL THEORYChapter 2: CMM, Argumentation and Moral ForceBy Vernon CronenChapter : Enacting the Seventh Miracle: Elevating Generative Identity Stories as a Practice of CompassionBy Catherine CreedeChapter 4: On Being Present and Participating: Projecting into 21st Century Media LifeBy Robyn Penman Chapter 5: Social Worlds in their Making: Systemic Thinking from within CMMBy John Shotter and Cherrie RavelloChapter 6: Communication, Competence, and Systemic PracticeBy J. Kevin BargePART 3: DIALOGUEChapter 7: Transforming Power through Systemic Questioning in Dialogue: A Perspective from the Theory of the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM)By Victoria ChenChapter 8: Moral Conflict, Communication, and the Management of DifferenceBy Stephen W. LittlejohnChapt

Stephen W. Littlejohn is emeritus professor at Humboldt State University and now serves as adjunct professor and lecturer at the University of New Mexico. Sheila McNamee is professor of communication at the University of New Hampshire and vice president of the Taos Institute.

• ContentsPART 1: AT HOME IN THE UNIVERSE WITH MIRACLES AND HORIZONSPrefaceChapter 1: At Home in the Universe with Miracles and Horizons: Reflections on Personal and Social EvolutionBy W. Barnett PearcePART 2: PRACTICAL THEORYChapter 2: CMM, Argumentation and Moral ForceBy Vernon CronenChapter : Enacting the Seventh Miracle: Elevating Generative Identity Stories as a Practice of CompassionBy Catherine CreedeChapter 4: On Being Present and Participating: Projecting into 21st Century Media LifeBy Robyn Penman Chapter 5: Social Worlds in their Making: Systemic Thinking from within CMMBy John Shotter and Cherrie RavelloChapter 6: Communication, Competence, and Systemic PracticeBy J. Kevin BargePART 3: DIALOGUEChapter 7: Transforming Power through Systemic Questioning in Dialogue: A Perspective from the Theory of the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM)By Victoria ChenChapter 8: Moral Conflict, Communication, and the Management of DifferenceBy Stephen W. LittlejohnChapt