Roads to Reconciliation: Conflict and Dialogue in the Twenty-first Century

Unlike other books on conflict resolution that focus on particular places and moments in history, this original work attempts to understand the process from many different perspectives and in many different contexts - from international political conflicts, to racial and religious struggles within one culture, to the internal conflicts of individuals struggling with the desire for revenge in the wake of 9/11. Designed as a starting point for meaningful dialogue on the elusive concept of reconciliation, the book includes views from Christians and Muslims, scholars and politicians, and draws on religion, psychology, cultural studies, education theory, history, and law. Preface: Our Road to this Volume, Introduction: The Rhetoric of War and Reconciliation, Part I. Religion and Reconciliation, Part II. Science and Reconciliation, Part III. Racial Reconciliation: Theory and Practice in America, Part IV. Higher Education and Human Rights, About the Contributors, Index