Interfaith Conversations
Interfaith Conversations
Podcast Description
Here, we connect with each other's faith and beliefs. Here minds are opened, hearts are strengthened, and souls are knitted together. Please join us!
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Content Themes
The podcast covers a range of interfaith topics, including understanding different religious practices, cultural exchanges, and community building. For example, episodes feature discussions on converting to Islam, as seen in interviews with individuals like Steven Lease, and highlight the initiatives by organizations such as the Emerald Hills Institute, which work towards fostering interfaith cooperation.
Here, we connect with each other’s faith and beliefs. Here minds are opened, hearts are strengthened, and souls are knitted together. Please join us!
Every religion or belief produces its own “fruit” from the context in which it developed. In this episode, I share the perspective a Latter-day Saint from the Church of Jesus Christ brings to interfaith conversations.
The four “fruits” from my own religious tradition that I share in this episode are:
- We respect everyone’s privilege of following their own conscience (religious freedom)
- We seek for truth, wherever we find it
- We value caring for others beyond our own faith
- We strive to become peacemakers and bridge builders
Come learn with us!
Resources
Recension of mormon extermination order
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/09/01/missouri-executive-order-44-mormon-war/1147461002/
https://www.sos.mo.gov › 19760625_RescisOrder
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints population growth 1924 – 2024
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/growth-of-the-church-from-1924-to-2024
Early Church History quotations on Religious Freedom
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/articles/religious-freedom
1978 Church Statement on great religious leaders and thinkers of the world
https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/06d52821-9342-4f20-9cb3-358e6f8c8bfa/0/0
The Church’s 2023 summary for Caring for those in need
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/serve/caring/annual-summary?lang=eng
President Nelson Sermons and Peace Prize
“Peacemakers Needed”
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04/47nelson?lang=eng
“Let God Prevail“
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/46nelson?lang=eng
Peace Prize Info
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