Neil Douglas-Klotz

Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz is a world-renowned scholar in religious studies, spirituality and psychology, specializing in the ancient Middle East. Over the past twenty years, he has written several books on an Aramaic approach to Gospels as well as on Jewish and Sufi mysticism. A frequent speaker and workshop leader, he is the author of several books, including Prayers of the Cosmos (HarperOne, 1990), The Hidden Gospel (Quest, 1999), The Genesis Meditations (Quest, 2003), The Sufi Book of Life (Penguin 2005), Blessings of the Cosmos (ARC, 2006), Desert Wisdom (ARC 2011) and The Tent of Abraham (Beacon, 2006) with Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Sr. Joan Chittister). Living in Scotland, UK, he directs the Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Learning (www.eial.org) and was for many years the co-chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of Religion. He is also cofounder of the International Network of the Dances of Universal Peace. Known also for his interfaith citizen diplomacy work, in 2004 he cofounded the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace (www.mesp.org.uk). In 2005 he was awarded the Kessler-Keener Foundation Peacemaker of the Year award for his work in Middle Eastern peacemaking.

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