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Media Files

Marc Gopin
Power of the Heart
a Voices from the Edge presentation

Conflict resolution activist Marc Gopin speaks with WIE editor Carter Phipps about religion, conflict, and the radical healing power of the human heart.

Michael Nagler
Force of the Heart
Interview for "Is God a Pacifist?" in WIE's Aug-Oct 2004 issue
Contributing interview for "Is God a Pacifist?" in WIE's Aug-Oct 2004 issue.

Explore the different alternatives to meeting violence with violence as Michael Nagler discusses the historic, social, and spiritual significance of pacifism and nonviolence.

Articles

Is God a Pacifist?
Exploring the Meaning of Peace, Nonviolence, and Pacifism in a Post 9/11 World

Is peace the answer to a world in chaos? Against the backdrop of 9/11 and Iraq, WIE asks the hard questions about just wars and religious violence, and explores the relationship between our deepest spiritual principles and the politics of an evolving global society.

Issue 26
Conflict, Creativity, and the Nature of God
The Guru and the Pandit

The guru and the pandit discuss the relationship between belief systems, views of reality, and political orientation in this thought-provoking dialogue. In so doing, they describe the nature of the creative process and its role in the process of transcending old structures.

Issue 26
The God I Believe In
Mario Cuomo on pacifism, faith, and Teilhard de Chardin
Issue 26