Interviews

As an organization devoted to dialogue as the surest path to peace, the Ikeda Center values the interview format for engaging with old and new ideas and truths. Please visit our videos section for more interviews.

	Mary Catherine Bateson is a cultural anthropologist and bestselling author. She explores "A Time for Active Wisdom."
	Virginia Straus Benson is Executive Director of the Ikeda Center. Here, she reflects on the Center's first ten years.
	Janine Benyus is author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. We can look to nature for creative solutions.
	Elise Boulding and Randall Forsberg discuss themes from their book-length dialogue Abolishing War.
	Carolyn Boyes-Watson is a scholar and practitioner of restorative justice, the subject of this conversation.
	Robin Casarjian & Judith Thompson are leaders in the field of social healing. What is "the healing paradigm"?
	Catia Confortini of Wellesley College explores and celebrates the interrelationship of peace, justice, and feminism.
	Harvey Cox of Harvard Divinity School discusses themes from his book The Future of Faith.
	Riane Eisler is a a cultural historian and bestselling author. This interview looks at the "Economics of Caring."
	Benjamin Ferencz is the only surving prosecutor from the Nuremberg Trials. Here he urges: Law Not War!
	Neva Goodwin is an economist at Tufts University. Here, she discusses "contextual economics."
	Stephen Gould directs the ed. leadership program at Lesley University. Explored here: "The Music of Leadership."
	David Hansen of Teachers College, Columbia University looks here at the moral dimensions of education.
	Vincent Harding, influential activist and historian, calls for "Nonviolent Change of Revolutionary Depth."
	Donna Hicks is the author of Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict, the topic of this 2014 conversation.
	Victor Kazanjian is a veteran of movements for religious pluralism. The topic here is "Education and the Middle Way."
	Pam Kircher is a veteran hospice physician. This conversation is on "Humanizing Healthcare and the Process of Dying."
	Paul Knitter is a leading theologian of religious pluralism. Explored here: ethics and the search for common ground.
	Winston Langley, a scholar of human rights, explores "inner journeys and global transformations."
	Linda Lantieri is Director of the Inner Resilience Project. This 2002 piece is called "The Power of Holistic Education."
	Bernice Lerner is author of All the Horrors of War, the story of her mother's liberation from Bergen-Belsen.
	Bernard Lown is co-founder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
	Ceasar McDowell is Professor of the Practice of Community Development at M.I.T. Here, he explains "Bg Democracy."
	Mary Lee Morrison is the biographer of Elise Boulding. Discussed: "The Beauty and Strength of Peace Building."
	Nel Noddings is one of our great philosophers of education. This piece is "To Reduce War You Must Understand It."
	Isabel Nuñez, coeditor of Hope and Joy in Education, discusses hope, joy, Daisaku Ikeda, and contemporary education
	Gonzalo Obelleiro is a scholar of value-creating education. What are the moral dimensions of Soka education?
	Steven Rockefeller, professor emeritus of religion at Middlebury College, discusses "Ethics and the Earth Charter."
	Joseph Rotblat, founder of the Pugwash Conferences, offers insights on "Thinking Beyond Nuclear Weaons."
	Peter Stearns is University Professor at George Mason University. This piece looks at his book Peace In World History.
	Judith Thompson promotes social healing in countries riven by violence. Here she discusses "Compassion & Social Healing."
	Robert Thurman is a leading scholar of religion. Here, he considers "Buddhism As Education."
	Tu Weiming, formerly of Harvard and now of Peking University, discusses the topic of "the dialogue of civilizations."
	Nur Yalman (2002) is a cultural anthropologist at Harvard University. This 2002 interview looks at the post-9/11 world.
	Nur Yalman (2009), co-author of A Passage To Peace with Daisaku Ikeda says that empathy makes us human.