by Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho They despise Hamas and abhor violence. They want to live a normal life. —Israeli peace activist on West Bank Palestinians David Shulman—Israeli peace activist, renowned scholar of comparative religion (my field), and…
Month: October 2025
GLOBAL PEACE INDEX: NORWAY #1; USA #96
Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho (ngier006∂gmail.com) Note: Some data may be out-of-date. U.S. figures may well be worse. Read selected chapters of The Virtue of Non-Violence Peace is not just the absence of conflict; it is the presence of…
Violence in the History of Tibetan Buddhism
By Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho (ngier006∂gmail.com) Read a summary of Gier’s book The Origins of Religious Violence: An Asian Perspective at nfgier.com/1171-2 The tune of the flute changed to the song of the arrow. –The Fifth Dalai…