Course Materials

Suggested texts to accompany this course:

• Hind Swaraj by M. K. Gandhi

• Vows and Observances by M. K. Gandhi

• Gandhi the Man by Eknath Easwaran

• Nonviolent Soldier of Islam by Eknath Easwaran

• The Bhagavad Gita (we recommend Eknath Easwaran's translation and commentary, but feel free to use another translation)

• Gandhi, His Life and Message for the World by Louis Fischer

• The Search for a Nonviolent Future by Michael Nagler

• Testament of Hope by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Nonviolence in America by Lynd & Lynd

Other recommended texts:

• Nonviolence and Peacebuilding in Islam by Mohammed Abu-Namer

• Martin Luther King Jr. by Marshall Frady

• Christian Pacifism in History by Geoffrey Nuttall

(Throughout the course, there will be links to texts and videos not included in this list.)

You'll notice as you move through the course that Michael refers frequently to the "reader," which you will find in the links below:

Reader:

Section I: Background and General Principles:

• A Conceptual Framework for Nonviolence

• Science and History 1 of 2

• Science and History 2 of 2

• A New/Old Alternative: Basic Ideas of the Vedanta

Section II: The Story Unfolds:

• South Africa

• India

Section III:

• The Western Experience of Nonviolence

Section IV:

• The Legacy

Mahatma Gandhi: a Biography by B.R. Nanda (a very valuable book that is out of print):

• Part 1

• Part 2