Guest Editors' Introduction to Multidimensional Perspectives Addressing the Struggle for Peace and Justice

Abstract This special issue undertakes an examination of the multidimensional perspectives authors have written to address the ongoing struggle in the quest for peace and justice. While there is an abundance of lengthy and detailed scholarly analyses available about the issues of violence, war, and peace and justice, these short, concise essays take a rather unique approach. They look at the topic from a variety of perspectives, which includes activists not in the academy, an academic playwright, a museum curator, an international relations scholar, and historians writing about parks and gardens, music, how to best understand the war in Ukraine, and the important role pedagogy can play in the classroom. These contributions not only rely on current research but also are designed to offer a blueprint on how interested readers can work to overcome present obstacles blocking the path to peace and justice. The thread tying them together is not what they say but what they do.