Michael Nagler is one of the most respected scholars and advocates of nonviolence worldwide. His main work today is with the Metta Center for Nonviolence where he serves as president and cofounder. Nagler also founded the peace and conflict studies program at University of California Berkeley where he is professor emeritus of classics and comparative literature. He is the author of The Nonviolence Handbook, Our Spiritual Crisis, and The Search for a Nonviolent Future, and his writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere. He has spoken and written about nonviolence, meditation, and world peace for more than thirty years.