The Restorative Hope Knowledge Center
Books, peer-reviewed research, and training materials from two decades of practice in conflict analysis, resolution, and facilitation, the scholarship behind everything we teach.
Books & training manuals
Religion and Gender Roles: A Re-Examination of Religious Texts
Drawing on Sonia D. Galloway's doctoral research, this book examines how religion shapes gender roles across the church, home, and workplace, and offers a framework for constructive dialogue about the evolving definition of gender. Recommended for courses in Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Religion, and Comparative Religion.
ISBN-13: 978-1974513567
Empowering Individuals with Skills to Resolve Conflict: Group Facilitation Training Manual & Toolkit
A comprehensive framework for facilitators at every level, from new team leaders to experienced trainers, covering two-hour, four-hour, full-day, and multi-day workshop formats, with all materials needed to run effective conflict-management training.
ISBN-13: 978-0692789902
Peer-reviewed doctoral publication
Sonia D. Galloway’s original phenomenological research remains an active reference in gender and religious studies scholarship.
The Impact of Islam as a Religion and Muslim Women on Gender Equality: A Phenomenological Research Study
The doctoral dissertation of Sonia D. Galloway, Ph.D., examines how religious frameworks shape gender roles and equality, using a phenomenological research approach grounded in lived experience. It forms the scholarly foundation for her later work on constructive dialogue across cultural and religious difference — and directly informed Religion and Gender Roles: A Re-Examination of Religious Texts, above.
Galloway, S. D. (2014). The impact of Islam as a religion and Muslim women on gender equality: A phenomenological research study [Doctoral dissertation, Nova Southeastern University]. NSUWorks.
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Group Facilitation Training Manual & Toolkit
The complete facilitation curriculum: two-hour to multi-day formats with every material you need to deliver conflict-management training.
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Instant-access training and workbook for mentors, teachers, and youth leaders facilitating conflict-resolution skills with young people.
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