Part One: A framing of war and peace
War as an anachronism and apparently unavoidable threat / Burkhard Liebsch
War and religion: alienation and atonement / Sarah MacMillen
Belief in war / Mary Ellen O'Connell
Part Two: Theological traditions
"Shalom" in its biblical aspects / John Baptist Antony
The Church Fathers confront war / Fabio Ruggiero
Just war and just peace / Bernhard Koch
Active nonviolence during war: theological implications / Eli S. McCarthy
Part Three: Experiences and perspectives on war and peace from different contexts
Non-violence and resistance among the Chatino people of Zenzontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico / Alejandro Castillo Morga
Between the pain of war-in-pieces and the challenge of a global community / Francisco de Roux SJ
African conflicts and peace interventions: in search for sustainable peace / Elias Opongo
Still receiving the 'hierarchy' of truths / Catherine Clifford.
