Let's Talk: Bridging Divisive Lines Through Inclusive and Respectful Conversations - Hardcover

Heie, Harold

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1725296063 ISBN 13: 9781725296060

Verlag: Cascade Books, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

The state of public discourse in America is dismal, reflecting an extreme us-versus-them tribalism where "me and my folks" have the full truth about the contentious issue at hand and "those other folks" are devoid of any truth and can even be demonized as evil. Rather than just cursing this darkness, Harold Heie presents what he considers to be a "better way" for those who disagree about contentious issues to respectfully engage one another, a way that is deeply informed by his Christian faith perspective; a way that reflects his understanding that to listen carefully to those who disagree with you and to then talk respectfully about your disagreements is a deep expression of the love for others to which Jesus calls all those who claim to be his followers. But this book is not just an abstract consideration of the nature of civil public discourse. Rather, drawing on his successes and failures, the beautiful and the ugly, in his attempts to orchestrate respectful conversations on contentious issues, both online and in small-group face-to-face meetings during the past decade, Heie presents practical, concrete proposals for how to talk to one another about significant disagreements, particularly in Christian churches that have tragically succumbed to tribalism.

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Harold Heie is a Senior Fellow at The Colossian Forum. He previously served as Founding Director of the Center for Christian Studies at Gordon College (now the Center for Faith and Inquiry) and as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Messiah College and Northwestern College in Iowa after teaching mathematics at Gordon College and the King's College. He holds a PhD in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University and served as a trustee for the Center for Public Justice and as a Senior Fellow at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). His publications include Learning to Listen, Ready to Talk: A Pilgrimage Toward Peacemaking (2007), Mutual Treasure: Seeking Better Ways for Christians and Culture to Converse (2009), and Evangelicals on Public Policy Issues: Sustaining a Respectful Political Conversation (2014).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cascade Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1725296063
• ISBN 13: 9781725296060
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 152
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