• 1. Introduction
• 2. Behind the Curtains of Fire: Religious Identity as a Traditional Core Identity of Peoples
• 3. Surveying the Curtains of Fire: Trends in Religious Conflict
• 4. Conflict Dynamics of Monotheistic Faith Communities
• 5. The Politics of Yahweh, Jesus, and the Spirit: Beyond Holy War to a Holy Peace
• 6. Transforming Encounter and Witness
• 7. Conclusion
• Bibliography

Roy Hange, MCC Syria
October 28, 1997
Occasional Paper #24

Roy Hange was MCC Co-country representative in Syria with his wife Maren Tyedmers Hange from 1991 to 1997. This paper was originally presented at MCC Peace Committee Meetings in Akron, Pennsylvania, October 13 and 14, 1995.