by ipubcloud | Dec 13, 2021 | All Posts, Dealing With Polarization, Developing Trust, Dialogue, It's Possible, News
Co-founder David Lapp describes the first event that marked the founding of Braver Angels, and organization that seeks to “… bring Americans together to bridge the partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic.” The event was a weekend gathering of people from both sides of the partisan divide with the purpose to get people talking to each other and building a dialogue between these 2 seemingly intractable ideologies.
by ipubcloud | Nov 16, 2021 | All Posts, Developing Trust, Dialogue, Interfaith Dialogue, It's Possible, News
iPub is embarking on a new, courageous project to bring the story of Pope Francis and Muslim-Catholic dialogue into the realm of the illustrated, or graphic, book. The authors of this illustrated book, Khaleel Mohommad, Professor, Moussa Serge Traore, Catholic Priest, and Leonard Swidler, Professor, will place this story in Iraq. It will follow the visit of Pope Francis to that country on a dialogue building mission to create peace, tolerance and unity between Catholics and Muslims there in March of 2021.
by James Rudin | Nov 10, 2021 | All Posts, Dealing With Polarization, Dialogue, Education, HIstory, It's Possible, News
The author, Rabbi James Rudin, remembers Bob Moses, voter rights activist and education promoter who passed away earlier this year. Having met Moses in the 60’s during a period of protest and activism by many, including Jewish and Christian clergy together, Rudin was inspired by the words and passion of the young Moses. In this article he reflects on that experience and the enduring imprint it made on his mind.
by Leonard Swidler | Nov 5, 2021 | All Posts, Dialogue, Education, Interfaith Dialogue, iPubPicks
Through Dialogue we grow and expand our world view, into our whole-ness or holi-ness. When we encounter another, “alien ego,” through dialogue we grow, expand and “pass over” to an even more complete world view and whole-ness, or holiness. Thus we become more complete and transformed. This transformation can then be shared with those who are “home” or community.
by Leonard Swidler | Oct 21, 2021 | All Posts, Dealing With Polarization, Dialogue, Interfaith Dialogue
Our old wisdom when we lived on a tiny plot of the vast Earth is no longer adequate to deal with the tsunami of experiences and deluge of knowledge that is flooding over us today! We are increasingly aware that our understanding of the world is not limited and static. We must realize that all of our “knowledge” is interpreted and that nobody knows everything about anything. Therefore, dialogue is the path to building a bridge toward peace and understanding of others.
by Leonard Swidler | Oct 14, 2021 | All Posts, Developing Trust, Dialogue, Global Ethic, Interfaith Dialogue
The world is too complicated for anyone to grasp alone; increasingly, we can understand reality only with the help of the other, in Dialogue. This is important, because how we understand the world determines how we act in the world.
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