Author, attorney, and nuclear disarmament activist Jonathan Granoff speaks with EnlightenNext exectuive editor Carter Phipps about the future of the world's religions and their potential contribution to the shaping of moral and ethical standards at the national and international levels. Granoff is eloquent, erudite, and emanates a passionate personal conviction in the power of love to ultimately overcome all 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.” -- Jonathan Granoff
BIO
Jonathan Granoff is an author, attorney, and international peace activist. His life's work is dedicated to the total elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide. To that end, he is the current president of the Global Security Institute, a nonprofit organization committed to the elimination of 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 the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security at the UN, which is regarded as a primary ally of the international movement for arms control, peace, and disarmament. 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.
Mr. Granoff has lectured worldwide emphasizing the legal, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of human development and security, 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.
