Turns to religious traditions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam in particular - to find the tools of peacebuilding.

• Introduction


• Part One: Reconciliation as a Concept of Justice


• Chapter One: Whose Justice?


• Chapter Two: The Basic Standards of Justice


• Chapter Three: The Wounds of Political Injustice


• Chapter Four: Reconciliation as a Concept of Justice


• Chapter Five: Is Reconciliation Fit for Politics?


• Part Two: Religion and Reconciliation


• Chapter Six: Is Religion Fit For Reconciliation?


• Chapter Seven: Reconciliation in the Jewish Tradition


• Chapter Eight: Reconciliation in the Christian Tradition


• Chapter Nine: Reconciliation in the Islamic Tradition


• Part Three: Practicing Political Reconciliation


• Chapter Ten: Four Practices: Building Institutions for Social Justice, Acknowledgment, Reparations, and Apology


• Chapter Eleven: Punishment


• Chapter Twelve: Forgiveness


• Conclusion

Daniel Philpott is Associate Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he is affiliated with the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. His books include Revolutions in Sovereignty, God's Century, The Politics of Past Evil, and Strategies of Peace.