Truth, Religion, & Democracy

During the webinar, Amy Sullivan spoke about the need to cultivate humility in difficult conversations about truth and facts, Stephen Schneck spoke about the need to maintain hope for dialogue even in fractured moments, and Makram El-Amin shared that some of the times he has been able to really dialogue with people across disagreement was during shared actions to serve in the community and meet needs of hunger or homelessness. 

The panelists repeatedly pointed to the need to connect with people in person in local, shared spaces and emphasized the possibility of building bridges through service in a community. They also brought up the importance of sharing food and genuine, curious conversation across differences.  

If you’re thinking about the possibilities of dialogue across difference after this webinar, consider sharing a meal with someone and asking them questions about their perspective. Or host an interfaith potluck. If you’d like to learn more about building bridges, consider taking Interfaith America’s Bridge Builder Basics, a one-hour curriculum. If you’d like to read more about interfaith leadership as a way to build robust civic pluralism, check out our Interfaith America Magazine or Eboo Patel’s book Interfaith Leadership: A Primer. 

This event was cohosted by Interfaith America and the Princeton Religious Literacy Program at Princeton University.