ABSTRACT
At the beginning of 2020, a global pandemic began to produce social and economic effects with hugely negative consequences to human health and the growing internationalisation of trade. More than ever in the last 100 years, and despite two world wars, the need to shift thinking from what was good for ‘me’ and us, my family, my tribe, even my country to what is good for the survival of ‘all of us’ as a world-centric perspective has become paramount. COVID-19 and the increasingly evident impact of climate change highlight this stark reality for many. What have we learnt from faith-based Aid and Development practice that can help us develop this larger perspective and potential to adapt to whatever the future brings? Working from a theoretical base of Spiral Dynamics, instigated by Clare Graves and further developed by Beck and Cowan this chapter looks at the way facilitation through telling stories and listening to those on the front line of conflict and an attitude of self-sacrifice or unconditional love might encourage that process. It also asks the question of how the various faith traditions of different communities might be brought to bear on that process.
