Black Religious Leaders: Conflict in Unity (2nd edition) (Book)
Peter J. Paris, Author. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1992.

This analysis of four African American leaders—Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Joseph H. Jackson, and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.—reviews their differences and determines whether grounds for coalitional activity still exist. These leaders all agreed that racism should be opposed but disagreed vigorously on the forms the opposition should take. The author analyzes their positions and finds that awareness of all of them is necessary for any comprehensive understanding of racism.

Church Conflict: From Contention to Collaboration (Book)
Norma C. Everist, Author. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2004.

Norma Cook Everist proposes a collaborative approach to dealing with conflict, suggesting that working together in this way is both a strategy and an environment. Topics include the relation of conflict and collaboration, types of conflict, appropriate roles in conflict, useful confrontation strategies, and issues of power.

Conflict Management in Congregations (Book)
David B. Lott, Editor. Herndon, VA: The Alban Institute, 2001.

Editor David Lott gathers the experience of more than a dozen authorities on church conflict. Essays focus on organizational tensions related to power sharing, the unpredictable ways people cope with stress, standards for evaluating the potential for success in conflict resolution, and conflict in ethnically diverse congregations.

Congregations in Transition: A Guide for Analyzing, Assessing, and Adapting in Changing Communities (Book)
Carl S. Dudley, Nancy T. Ammerman, Authors. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Dudley and Ammerman study 32 congregations engaged in some aspect of institutional change. This hands-on guide helps congregations meet the reality and challenge of today’s constantly changing urban and suburban contexts. This easy to follow work book format will provide lay and clergy leaders with a useful tool to understand and respond to many types of change.

Discover Your Conflict Management Style (Book)
Speed B. Leas, Author. Herndon, VA: The Alban Institute, 1997.

With a 45-question "conflict inventory" to help people learn about their styles of managing conflict, this book gives people better access to the vocabulary of conflict and insight into how they behave when conflicts arise.

Our Community: Dealing with Conflict in Our Congregation (Book)
Susan M. Lang, Author. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Press, 2002.

Our Community focuses on the roots, perceptions, and experiences of conflict. Author and pastor Susan Lang explores how conflict can develop and grow in family and congregational systems.

Studying Congregations: A New Handbook (Book)
Nancy T. Ammerman, Jackson W. Carroll, Carl S. Dudley, William McKinney, Editors. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1998.

Designed as a hands-on guide, this workbook provides congregations with the ability to analyze congregations sociologically, anthropologically, and demographically. The book also suggests ways congregations might use the results of any studies they conduct to better understand, develop, and position the church. Included is an appendix of user-friendly research instruments.