Publications


Publications Produced by or with the Support of the Metta Center:

Search for a Nonviolent Future

The Search for a Nonviolent Future by Michael N. Nagler How can we develop peace in our families and our world? Can we stop a brutal dictator without using violence? When is violence justified? Through a historical and spiritual approach that draws on the experience of activists, political visionaries, and spiritual leaders, Metta Center founder Professor Michael Nagler demonstrates that nonviolence is an effective solution and an urgently needed response to political, social, and moral turmoil around the world. Winner of the 2002 American Book Award. A comprehensive guide that can be used as a tool in Nonviolence Study Circles is available for download here.

Latest news: The Arabic translation of Search for a Nonviolent Future is now available for download here as a pdf!

"Michael Nagler is one of America's contemporary pioneers in the field of nonviolence. For anyone seeking to strategize a peaceful future, The Search for a Nonviolent Future is a must-read. It's wonderful material." —Marianne Williamson


Hope or Terror
Hope or Terror: Gandhi and the Other 9/11 by Michael N. Nagler While many marked September 11, 2006, as the fifth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, peacebuilders and organizations around the world honored this day as the birth of Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha--or 'Soul Force'--in Johannesburg, South Africa, 100 years earlier. In commemoration of this anniversary, Metta Center's Michael Nagler produced a booklet explaining Gandhi's vision and exploring the potential of nonviolence today. Now available as a free pdf download! The printed booklet is also available. To order, send an email request to info@mettacenter.org




Gandhi the Man
Gandhi the Man: The Story of His Transformation by Eknath Easwaran The world remembers Gandhi as a political leader who led his people to freedom without violence. Here Easwaran examines Gandhi's personal significance: how he transformed himself, and how we can apply his discoveries to resolve conflicts in our own lives. A list of study questions is also available on the publisher's site (and in pdf format here). An in-depth study series for Gandhi the Man highlighting Mahatma Gandhi's spiritual practice to make nonviolence a force in everyday life is also available to download; if you use it in a study or reading group, it would fall naturally into a seven-week format.




Peace Power
PeacePower Magazine is a student-run publication focused on the practice of nonviolence for social change. The articles and analysis are intended to inspire hope by showing a way out of war, injustice and the logic of humiliation. Begun in 2005 by students in the Peace and Conflict Studies department at the University of California, Berkeley, PeacePower Magazine continues as a student-operated, 30-page, illustrated subscription magazine distributed around the world twice a year.