What's Behind the Discomfort?

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David Frum: One of the advantages of this kind of interaction is also paying attention to ways in which the conversation makes you uncomfortable and excavating a little bit more what's behind that discomfort. I invite listeners to do any see if this resinatesand you may have your own different version, but see if this Resinates. He says when we can actually shift and actually lift our eyes beyond trusting that we've got it right as our ultimate source of salvation, but actually in another god, it becomes less threatening.

This week Eboo Patel, a Muslim pioneer in interfaith work, joins David and Curtis to discuss his book, We Need to Build. They discuss the need to allow people of different faiths to be able to bring their whole selves, including real and significant religious disagreements, to these conversations. Eboo also helps us understand why it is so important to do more than criticize what we don’t like in the culture, but instead to adopt the more mature approach of actually building what we want to see in society.

Show Notes:

-We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy by Eboo Patel

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