Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / John O. Onaiyekan -- Preface / Gerald F. Powers -- Peacebuilding and Catholicism : affinities, convergences, possibilities / R. Scott Appleby -- The long journey back to humanity : Catholic peacebuilding with armed actors / John Paul Lederach -- What kind of peace do we seek? : emerging norms of peacebuilding in key political institutions / Maryann Cusimano Love -- Reconciliation : a Catholic ethic for peacebuilding in the political order / Daniel Philpott -- Catholic relief services : Catholic peacebuilding in practice / William R. Headley and Reina C. Neufeldt -- Peacebuilding and its challenging partners : justice, human rights, development, solidarity / Todd D. Whitmore -- Pursuing truth, reconciliation, and human dignity in South Africa : lessons for Catholic peacebuilding / Peter-John Pearson -- The Catholic social imaginary and peacebuilding : ritual, sacrament, and spirituality / Robert J. Schreiter -- Catholic approaches to interreligious peacebuilding : lessons from Indonesia's "sad years" / Thomas Michel -- Peacebuilding and Catholic social teaching / Kenneth R. Himes -- A theology for peacebuilding / Lisa Sowle Cahill -- Peacebuilding and reconciliation : interreligious dialogue and Catholic spirituality / Peter C. Phan -- A Catholic theology of interreligious dialogue -- A practical theology of healing, forgiveness, and reconciliation / Robert J. Schreiter -- Stories of solidarity : the challenges of Catholic peacebuilding / David J. O'Brien -- Future directions in Catholic peacebuilding / Robert J. Schreiter.