On this week's 'Mormon Land' podcast, Eboo Patel, a disciple of interfaith cooperation and peacemaking, and retired federal Judge Thomas Griffith, a retired federal judge and an advocate for bipartisanship, discuss how to bridge partisan polarization.
Interfaith advocate Eboo Patel and retired Judge Thomas Griffith say members can play a vital role in building bridges, healing divisions and helping all humanity.To some, the partisan divide seems deeper than ever — with no way to bridge it. Even religions sometimes seem to battle with other faiths, as well as those within a faith.at the University of Utah and will visit the Salt Lake City campus a few times each year during his two-year appointment.
Recently, the American Bar Association appointed Griffith a member of a newly createdOn this week’s show, Patel and Griffith — both hopeful if not optimistic — discuss how to bring peace to our troubled times and how members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a vital role to play in that quest, especially if they can become as accomplished at bridge building as they are at evangelizing.
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