From the Ashes : A Spiritual Response to the Attack on America Book

Introduction: Steven Waldman

Chapter 1: A Call to Action -- The Spiritual Challenge
Awake from Your Slumber, Bishop T.D. Jakes
No Future without Forgiveness, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu
Twin Towers Viewed from a Western Niaret, Michael Wolfe
What Is the Proper Response to Hatred and Violence?, Neale Donald Walsch
What the Buddha Knew, Christopher Largent
To Pray for Peace Is to Pray for War, the Reverend Forrest Church
Breathe and Remember God, Kabir Helminski

Chapter 2: Where Was God?
Don't Tell Me We should Not Blame God, Rabbi David Wolpe
Where Was God?, the Reverend Andrew M. Greeley
Being Punished for Its Sinfulness?, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
God Made Us Moral Agents, Charles Colson
God Was Where God Choose to Be, Kathleen Norris
The Theistic God Is Dead, Bishop John Shelby Spong

Chapter 3: Sees of Grace
Rest in Peace, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Father Mike Went Ahead to Greet Them All, Steven McDonald
A Gospel Canticle fo Good Tuesday, Father Edward Hays
What Ca We Do but Pray?, Mata Amritanandamayi
Do It Again, Lord, Max Lucado
Seeing God in My Neighbors, Sharon Linnea
Prayer of Protection, Colleen Zuck
A Priest on the Front Line, the Reverend Lloyd Prator
Bright, Brighter, Brightest, Sri Chinmoy
The Root of Love, Paul Ferrini

Chapter 4: Evil and the Enemy
What I Would Say to Osama bin Laden, Thich Nhat Hanh
The Evil over which We Must Triumph, Daisaku Ikeda
The Mystery of Evil, The Reverend Billy Graham
The Goddess of Democracy: A Sacred Archetype to Heal the World, Thom Hartmann
The Candle and the Closet, Rushworth M. Kidder
The New Face of the Enemy, Sam Keen
Call Evil By Its Name, Tom Bethell
Why Does God Allow Evil?, Pastor Rick Warren

Chapter 5: the Question of Islam
Is Islam Violent?, Karen Armstrong
What Would Muhammad Say about Terrorism?, Alex Kronemer
Finding the Voice of Islam, Ingrid Mattson
I'm an American Muslim -- And I'm Afraid, Rhonda Roumani
Muslim American: A Prayer, Imam Izak-El Mu'eed Pasha

Chapter 6: The Desire for Justice
Heal the World: A Multifaith Response to an Assault on Our Humanity, Arthur Magida
The Morals of Might: How Do We Respond without Stooping to the Terrorists' Level?, Gregg Easterbrook
A War against Terrorism Is Moral, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
The Anger Trap: We Cannot Become the Image of What We Pursue, Rodger Kamenetz
The Christian Criteria for Retribution, Richard Land
Restore Our Souls, Denise Breton and Steve Lehman
Yielding to Hate Gives Victory to Terrorists, His Eminence Bernard Cardinal Law
Is Forgiveness Possible?, Johann Christoph Arnold
Vengeance is the Lord's (But Something in Me Wants to "Bomb the Hell our of Them"), The Reverend Mary Lynn Tobin

Chapter 7: Teachings and Traditions
The Pope's Message, Pope John Paul II
A Letter to the President, His Holiness the Dalai Lama
A View from the Hindu Heart, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswamil
What Would Jesus Do?, David P. Gushee
What Would Buddha Do?, Lama Surya Das
Mitakuye Oyasin, Michael Hull
What Would the Goddess Do?, Starhawk
What Would Moses Do?, Joshua Wolf Shenk

Chapter 8: Fear and Vulnerability
In Praise of Small Ambitions, Hugh O'Neill
We All Live in a Sukkah, Rabbi Arthur Waskow
Harbingers of Hope, Suzy Yehl Marta
Resiliency in the Face of Fear, Dan Baker
What Do You Tell Children?, Jean G. Fitzpatrick
Protecting Our Relationships, Hugh and Gayle Prather
Processing a National Tragedy, the Reverend Bill Hybels

Chapter 9: Repentance
Is This an Apocalyptic Event?, Jerry B. Jenkins
Our Estrangement from God, Rabbi Michael Lerner
Repent, Frederica Mathewes-Green
Breaking the Cycle, Paul Rogat Loeb

Chapter 10: From the Ashes
God Still Answers Prayers, Bruce Wilkinson
An Early Attempt at Gratitude, Brother David Steindl-Rast
Loving-Kindness, Sharon Salzberg
What Good Can Come from this Evil?, the Reverened William Webber
Deny Them Their Victory, Interfaith Statement
the Cycle, Paul Rogat Loeb