Introduction / Leroy S. Rouner -- Political reconciliation / Jürgen Moltmann -- Politics and forgiveness / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- The urgency of hope / Elie Wiesel -- The voice of religion in political discourse / Bhikhu Parekh -- Peace as politics / Stephen Darwall -- Common ground and defensible difference / John Clayton -- Religious strife and the culture wars / Ronald F. Thiemann -- Gandhi : the fusion of religion and politics / John Hick -- Can we keep peace with nature? / Stephanie Kaza -- Religions and the culture of peace / Raimon Panikkar.