In this text, practitioners from different faiths relate and explore the many challenges they face in their peacebuilding work, which their secular partners may be unaware of.

Introduction: Michelle Garred and Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Part One: Engaging One's Own Faith
Chapter 1: Articulating a Personal Theology of Interfaith Cooperation, Eboo Patel
Chapter 2: How Being a Jesus-Centered Peacemaker Guides, Inspires and Sustains My Peacemaking Efforts with Muslims, Rick Love
Chapter 3: Journey of Redemption: The Role of an Apology in Reconciliation, Sushobha Barve
Part Two: Engaging the Other
Chapter 4: Listening our way to Peace, Yael Petretti
Chapter 5: Faith-Based Peacebuilding in Pakistan: Not for the Faint of Heart, Azhar Hussain
Chapter 6: It is not Easy to Follow Christ: The Road to Peace is a Rocky One, Maria Ida 'Deng' Giguiento with Myla Leguro
Part Three: Engaging Policy
Chapter 7: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Secular Approaches to Religion in Multilateral Settings, Azza Karam
Chapter 8: Tightrope-walking: Reconciling Faith Convictions with Impartial Peacebuilding, Peter Dixon
Chapter 9: Peacebuilding as 'Countering Violent Extremism:' Exploring Contradictions in Faith and Practice, Dishani Jayaweera with Nirosha De Silva
Part Four: Confronting Injustice and Trauma
Chapter 10: Transforming Trauma: Wounded Healing in the Way of Jesus, Johonna Turner
Chapter 11: Peace from the Soul of the Nurturer - The Gender Question, Despina Namwembe
Chapter 12: Reducing Violence through Better Theology, Qutub Jahan Kidwai

Michelle Garred is an independent peace researcher and consultant, and a former senior staffer at CDA Collaborative Learning Projects and World Vision International.
Mohammed Abu-Nimer is director of the Peacebuilding and Development Institute at American University. In addition to his many articles and publications, Dr. Abu-Nimer is the co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development.