Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introduction -- Toward a more civil twenty-first century / Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst -- Part II. The nature and sources of the problem -- The simple power of weakness, the complex vulnerability of power / Zbigniew Brzezinski -- Dialogue and the echo boom of terror : religious women's voices after 9/11 / Diana L. Eck -- Closing chapters of enmity / Rajmohan Gandhi -- Benjamin Franklin's gift of tolerance / Walter Isaacson -- God's word and world politics / Desmond Tutu -- Part III. Pathways to dialogue and understanding -- The role of the media in promoting tolerance / Shashi Tharoor -- Civilization, human rights, and collective responsibility / Sergio Vieira de Mello -- Endless enemies or human security / Jody Williams -- Dialogue among civilizations and cultures / Seyed Mohammed Khatami -- Transnational moral dialogues / Amitai Etzioni -- In other people's shoes / Marilyn Strathern -- A universal language, without boundary or prejudice / Ravi Shanker -- Dialogue among civilizations / Kofi Annan -- The productive airing of grievances / George Carey -- All of man's troubles / Edward O. Wilson -- Turning enemies into friends / Jonathan Sacks -- Security through dialogue / Queen Noor of Jordan -- The power of dialogue : redefining "us" / Tamara Sonn -- On clash, morality, renaissance, and dialogue / Judea Pearl -- The just war tradition and cutural dialogue / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Celebrating differences on our melting pot planet / El Hassan bin Talal -- Part IV. From concern to action -- Clash or dialogue of cultures? / Bernard Lewis -- The fellowship of dialogue / James D. Wolfensohn -- Hard power and soft power / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. -- Global governance in an interdependent world / Benjamin R. Barber -- Getting to peace : awakening the third side / William L. Ury -- Risking hospitality / Martin Marty.