Attorney, nuclear disarmament activist, and author Jonathan Granoff speaks about the future of the world's religions and their potential to shape moral and ethical standards at national and international levels. Passionate and erudite, Granoff describes why he feels that spiritual love actually has the power to overcome global forces of division and conflict.
“I have a lot of confidence that the same higher power that put the destructive potential in the atom has also put the power of conscience, the power of wisdom, the power of love in many hearts. And if that power of mystery and love wants this world to survive, then I'm confident that it will.”
Biography
Jonathan Granoff is an author, attorney, and international peace activist. His life's work is dedicated to the elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide. He is the president of the Global Security Institute, a nonprofit organization committed to abolishing nuclear weapons. He also serves as the Co-Chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Arms Control and National Security, and as the Vice President of a United Nations NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security. He holds positions on numerous governing and advisory boards including the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, the Jane Goodall Institute, the Bipartisan Security Group, and the Middle Powers Initiative.
Granoff, a long-time spiritual practitioner, is a disciple of the late Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, the great Sri Lankan Sufi saint who first came to the US in 1971, and eventually founded a large spiritual center in Philadelphia, PA. Granoff lectures around the world, emphasizing the legal, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of human development, with a specific focus on the threats posed by nuclear weapons. He is the award-winning screenwriter of The Constitution: The Document that Created a Nation, and has been featured in more than 30 publications, including The Sovereignty Revolution (Stanford University Press, 2004) by Alan Cranston. He practices law in Philadelphia.
Jonathan Granoff is an author, attorney, and international peace activist. His life's work is dedicated to the elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide. He is the president of the Global Security Institute, a nonprofit organization committed to abolishing nuclear weapons. He also serves as the Co-Chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Arms Control and National Security, and as the Vice President of a United Nations NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security. He holds positions on numerous governing and advisory boards including the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, the Jane Goodall Institute, the Bipartisan Security Group, and the Middle Powers Initiative.