The book introduces a theoretical framework to understand the role of religious leaders in conflict transformation and peacebuilding.

Nukhet A. Sandal is the Director of War and Peace Studies, and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University. Her work on religion, foreign policy and divided societies has appeared in the European Journal of International Relations, International Politics, Review of International Studies, Alternatives, Political Studies, West European Politics, Human Rights Quarterly, and the Canadian Journal of Political Science. She is co-author of Religion in International Relations Theory: Interactions and Possibilities (2013).

Acknowledgements; 1. Religious actors and conflict transformation: theory and practice; 2. Situating religious actors in Irish history; 3. Churches in 'troubles': leaders, institutions and political involvement; 4. From diagnosis to treatment: devising an inclusive public theology of citizenship; 5. Public theology of inclusive governance: peace deals and political agreements; 6. Religious epistemic communities in a post-conflict setting; 7. Beyond Northern Ireland: religious expertise and conflict transformation; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.