Bring down the walls : Lebanon's postwar challenge / Carole H. Dagher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244 and index.

"Carole H. Dagher, a journalist for Lebanese media as well as an academic, presents an account on how Christian and Muslim communities emerged from the sixteen-year-old Lebanese war, their points of friction and their common grounds, and the prospects of Lebanon's communal representation system and pluralistic society. She describes the central role played by the Holy See and John Paul II in bridging the gap between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon, and analyzes the impact other countries such as Syria, Iran, and Saudi Arabia have had on the power game and, conversely, the impact of Christian-Muslim interaction on the future of the Arab-Israeli peace process."--Jacket.

Foreword / John L. Esposito -- Cognitive Coexistence -- Christian Soul-Searching -- Muslim Self-Assertion -- Dialogue: A Necessity or a Burden? -- Coexistence in Facts and Figures -- Sharing Exile -- Broken and Forfeited Bonds to the Land -- A Synod for Lebanon -- Three Weeks in Rome -- Cloaked in Coexistence -- The Swings of the Pendulum -- Coexistence in Uniform -- The Leaven in the Dough -- The Democracy of the National Pact -- John Paul II in Lebanon -- Peace without Eastern Christians?