"It's our job as civilians to tend to the returning warriors by bringing them into the center of the community," says this psychotherapist and author of "War and the Soul."

Sixteen years after a mostly peaceful transition and elections that brought Nelson Mandela to power, the verdict on South Africa is decidedly mixed.

"Hoping against hope even when things are really rough—that’s what carried us during the days of our struggle, knowing that this is a moral universe.”

A recent event at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC honored Native American spirituality and apologized to native peoples of the US for past wrongs.

Rami Elhanan and Mazen Faraj are members of the Parents Circle-Families Forum, a grassroots group that unites bereaved Israelis and Palestinians who have lost immediate family members to the Middle East conflict. Together they promote a message of dialogue, reconciliation, and peace.

Rami Elhanan and Mazen Faraj are members of the Parents Circle-Families Forum, a grassroots group that unites bereaved Israelis and Palestinians who have lost immediate family members to the Middle East conflict. Together they promote a message of dialogue, reconciliation, and peace.

Especially since 9/11, major Christian and Muslim scholars and religious officials have been working together to find ways believers in each religion can live side by side in peace.