Ameen Rihani: Bridging East and West

Nathan C. Funk is Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.Betty J. Sitka is co-founder and Associate Director, Center for Global Peace at American University, Washington, D.C. Sitka received her Master's Degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 Ameen Rihani: A Meeting Point Between Two CulturesChapter 3 Preface: A Cultural SymbolChapter 4 AcknowledgmentsChapter 5 IntroductionChapter 6 Ameen Rihani's Imagination Liberation MovementChapter 7 Part I: The Path of Reconciliation: The Expression of Tolerance in Rihani's Thought: More Than Tolerance: Rihani on Intercultural Reconciliation; Cross-Cultural Approaches of Reconciliation: Ameen Rihani and H.G. Wells; The Search for Peace and EastChapter 8 Part II: Convergent Horizons: Rihani, Carlyle, Emerson, Thoreau, and Tolstoy: Rihani and Carlyle on Revolution and Modernity; Rihani, Emerson, and Thoreau; Leo Tolstoy and Ameen Rihani: The Interaction Between Two Creative WorldsChapter 9 Part III: The Importance of Belonging and Universalism: The Formation of a Universal Self: Rihani and Byron; Ameen Rihani's Vision of Globalization: A Matrimony, Not Hegemony; Ameen Rihani: Daring to DreamChapter 10 Part IV: Understanding Peace Within Oneself, with Others, and Among Nations: Understanding Peace Through Rihani's Spirituality; Rihani's Peace; Ameen Rihani's Humanist Vision of Arab NationalismChapter 11 Supplication (An-Najwa Prayer) by Ameen F. RihaniChapter 12 Biography on Ameen RihaniChapter 13 Timetable of Events in Ameen F. Rihani's Life and in the WorldChapter 14 List of Rihani's Selected WorksChapter 15 Biographies of Editors and Contributors