Foreword : atonement as a spiritual path / Huston Smith
Preface : the next step in forgiveness and healing / Phil Cousineau
Introduction : the revival of an ancient awareness / Richard J. Meyer
Part I. Forgiveness and beyond
ch. 1. Forgiveness as spiritual liberation / Michael Bernard Beckwith
ch. 2. The wisdom of atonement / Jacob Needleman
ch. 3. We can work it out : heart, mind, and action in the struggle for atonement / Michael N. Nagler
ch. 4. At-one-ment : becoming whole / Diane Hennacy Powell
ch. 5. Burying the stone : rituals and ceremonies of atonement / Kate Dahlstedt
ch. 6. Taking the crucial step : forgiving the other and forgiving yourself / Katharine Dever
ch. 7. A twelve-step approach to atonement / Anonymous
Part II. Stories and atonement
ch. 8. Memories of my grandfather : atonement the Gandhi way / Arun Gandhi
ch. 9. Healing the wounds of war : atonement practices for veterans / Edward Tick
ch. 10. After the death of my son : my journey of forgiveness and atonement / Azim Noordin Khamisa
ch. 11. Ten days of atonement / Michael Lerner
ch. 12. The Iroquois Great Law of Peace : atonement among the Haudenosaunee / Douglas M. George-Kanentiio
ch. 13. Talkin' 'bout my generation : the new face of atonement / Stephanie N. Van Hook
ch. 14. Buddhist bowing and atonement / Heng Sure
Conclusion : creative atonement in a time of peril / James O'Dea.