Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editors' Introduction -- Part One. Religion in Action -- 1. Inspiring Peace: Religious Peacebuilding from Local to Global -- 2. The Power of Peace: The Moral and Political Advantages of Nonviolence -- 3. The Spiritual Balance of Peace in the Red Stick War, 1813-1814 -- 4. Exegeting Peace from Nagpur -- 5. Peace, Reconciliation, and Forgiveness: Early Rabbinic Stories and Their Implications for People's Peace -- 6. Coming Together in Peace: Community and Informality in Cairo

7. The Iberian Empires: Religious Tolerance in Intolerant Places and from Unexpected People -- Part Two. People in Action -- 8. "US out of El Salvador!" The Maryknoll Sisters and the Transnational Struggle for Human Rights -- 9. Human Rights City Initiatives as a People's Peace Process -- 10. Is Ferguson the Same as Gaza? Diaspora Grassroots Activism and Intersectional Alliances -- 11. Peacemaking at the Intersection of the Local and Global in Bali -- 12. People's Peace at Stake: An Assamese Experience -- Conclusion: Looking Ahead, People and Peace in the Future -- Notes -- Bibliography