Robert D. Hostetter is a Professor of Communication Arts, peace activist, playwright, and co-founder and director of the Conflict Transformation Program at North Park University in Chicago. For more than 35 years he has worked at the intersection of the arts and peacemaking. He has also served as chair of the Peace and Conflict Communication Division of the National Communication Association.

Part I: Analysis for a Just Peace 1. Orientations: An Introduction 2. Coming to Terms 3. A Conflict of Identities 4. Peacemaker Identities 5. Dialogues for a Just Peace 6. A Platform for a Just Peace Part II: Dialogues with Peacemakers 7. Abdelfattah Abusrour, "The Arts as Beautiful Resistance" 8. Ghassan Andoni, "The Lessons of Engagement" 9. Arik Ascherman, "Jewish Tradition and Human Rights" 10. Hanan Ashrawi, "Peacebuilding and Nation Building" 11. Naim Ateek, "A Journey for Justice and Peace" 12. Uri Avnery, "Changing Public Opinion in Israel" 13. Sami Awad, "The Power of Nonviolence" 14. Sam Bahour, "The Business of Peacemaking" 15. Eitan Bronstein, "What Reconciliation Requires" 16. Emad Burnat, "5 Broken Cameras: A Film for Peace" 17. Elias Chacour, "Get Up, Move Ahead, Make Peace" 18. Mona El-Farra, "A Comprehensive Solution" 19. Jeff Halper, "Struggles for a Just Peace" 20. Jonathan Kuttab, "Universal Principles, International Law" 21. Gideon Levy, "Telling the Whole Truth" 22. Jessica Montell, "A Mandate for Human Rights" 23. Ilan Pappe, "The Only Nonviolent Alternative" 24. Mitri Raheb, "The Infrastructure of Hope" 25. Estephan Salemeh, "Work for the Common Good" 26. Yonatan Shapira, "Three Sails for Gaza" 27. Gila Svirsky, "A Better World for All of Us"