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This page presents all the essays and articles gathered in our Themes section. Categories include American Renaissance, Community, Dialogue, Dignity, Environmental & Global Ethics, Humanistic Philosophy & Education, Peace Cultures, Restorative Justice, Social & Economic Justice, Understanding Death, and Women's Leadership for Peace.
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE
Talking Back to Whitman: Poetry Matters
Emerson and the Power of Imagination
Creating Waldens Event: In Dialogue with Self, Nature, and Others
Reflections on Thoreau's Relentless Self-Invention
Ikeda on Nichiren & Transcendentalism
COMMUNITY
Making the World: An Interview with Sayra Pinto
Building Community: A Conversation with Ceasar McDowell
What Is Community, and Why Is It Important?
DIALOGUE
GMU Peacebuilding Through Dialogue Book Launch: Human Connection Is Key
Confronting Apathy Dialogue Nights
The Role of Literature In Times Of Division
Ceasar McDowell: The Power of Raised Voices
Masao Yokota on the Healing Power of Dialogue
Learning Through Dialogue: Talking with Virginia Straus Benson
Dialogue & Subversion: Global Ethics in the College Classroom
Garrison & Hickman: A Multiplicity of Dialogues
DIGNITY
2015 Ikeda Forum: The Practice of Dignity
2014 Ikeda Forum: Dignity of Life
Donna Hicks event: The Power of Dignity
Donna Hicks interview: "Dignity Is the Last Stop"
ENVIRONMENTAL & GLOBAL ETHICS
Our World To Make book launch with Ved Nanda
Crossing Borders: Seminar with Chhabra and Kew
Benyus Lecture Looks to the Wisdom of Nature
Ethics & the Earth Charter: A Conversation with Steven Rockefeller
Re-imaging Self, Other, & the Natural World, Part 1
Re-imaging Self, Other, & the Natural World, Part 2
Revisiting "The Age of Soft Power"
Religious Pluralism and Transformative Education
HOPE
Ikeda's Seven Dimensions of Hope
Profiles: What Hope Means To Me
HUMANISTIC EDUCATION & PHILOSOPHY
Growing Peace: Gandhi, Montessori, and What It Means To Begin With the Children
John Dewey, Daisaku Ikeda, & the Quest for a New Humanism
Humanistic Education: Beyond the Traditional/Progressive Divide
Re-imagining the Purposes of Education in Our Time
Active Education, Active Democracy: Du Bois, Makiguchi, and Montessori
Addressing Matters of Consequence
Education and Human Possibilities
The Lasting Legacy of John Dewey
Developing Dispositions for Democracy
Education and the Greater Self
Focusing on What's Right With Us
Education and Human Possibilities
NUCLEAR ABOLITION
Students Lead Nuclear Abolition Peace Dialogue
Student Seminar on Nuclear Abolition, Part 1
Betty Reardon: An Experiment in Alternative Thinking About Global Issues
Ten Aspects of Ikeda's Nuclear Disarmament Framework
Nuclear Abolition Resource Guide
PEACE CULTURES
The Poetic Heart of Human Possibility
Nagler & Lappe: Challenging Assumptions, Empowering Peace
Peace Culture: Living with Difference
The Beauty and Strength of Peace Building
Examing Assumptions About Peace and the Military
Creativity, Peace Building, and Education
Somavia: Living Up to Our Principles
A Beautiful Fulfillment: A Tribute to Elise Boulding by Virginia Benson
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
An Introduction to Restorative Justice
Resolving Conflicts and Restoring Communities
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Social Justice in the 21st Century: What's It Going to Take?
Globalization and the New 'Corpocracy'
Beyond Consumerism: Constructing a Transformative Politics
Vincent Harding: The Complexity of Nonviolent Social Change
UNDERSTANDING DEATH
How Our Experiences with Death Change Us
Preparing for Death by Fostering Connections with Others
Death and Life in the Mahayana Buddhist Tradition
Year-end Reflections: A Fear to be Overcome
WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP FOR PEACE
Women As Peacemakers: A Relational Perspective
Gloria White-Hammond: I Am My Sister's Keeper
Women and the Power of Friendship
Gloria White Hammond spoke as part of the Women's Leadership for Peace series.
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