David Little is the Harvard Divinity School Professor of the Practice in Religion, Ethnicity, and International Conflict and Faculty Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Before joining Harvard Divinity School, David was Senior Scholar in Religion, Ethics, and Human Rights at USIP, where he directed the Working Group on Religion, Ideology, and Peace. From 1996–8, he was on the State Department Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad. He co-authored Islamic Activism and US Foreign Policy and wrote two volumes in the USIP series on religion, nationalism, and intolerance.

• Part I. Introduction Richard C. Holbrooke: 1. The peacemakers in action Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding; Part II. Case Studies: 2. Peasant power Jose Alas; 3. Men who walked the street The Rev Dr Roy Magee and Father Alex Reid; 4. Would you shoot me, you idiot? Father Ivo Markovic; 5. The Cybermonk Father Sava Janjic; 6. The Elder Dr Ephraim Isaac; 7. The power of ritual the Rev. Dr William Lowrey; 8. The nonviolent deputy Minister of Defense Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge; 9. Warriors and brothers Imam Muhammad Ashafa and The Rev. James Wuye; 10. The power of organization Alimamy Koroma; 11. Israel and Palestine, a history: I am Palestinian, Arab, Christian and Israeli Abuna Elias Chacour; The Settler who Spoke with Arafat Rabbi Menachem Froman; An Open House Yehezkel Landau; 12. Underground woman Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan Institute of Learning; 13. Toward a Zone of Peace The Rev Benny Giay; Part III. Conclusion: 14. Religion, Violent Conflict and peacemaking Dr David Little; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

"I really admire the Tanenbaum Center Peacemakers in Action. They work courageously for the greater good under the most difficult circumstances. In order to build world peace through inner peace, I think the world's religious traditions have a special role. We should all learn from and follow their great example." --His Holiness the Dalai Lama