Acknowledgments --Introduction : "Politics is not the nursery" -- 1. What happened on September 11? -- 2. What is at stake? -- 3. What is a just war? -- 4. Is the war against terrorism just? -- 5. The academy responds to terror -- 6. Taking terrorists at their word -- 7. Where is the legacy of Niebuhr and Tillich? -- 8. The pulpit responds to terror -- 9. The problem with peace -- 10. Encountering Islamist fundamentalism -- 11. States and self-defense in a dangerous time -- 12. American power and responsibility -- Epilogue : Four brave women -- appendix. What we're fighting for -- Notes -- Index.