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Scenario

How to navigate interfaith dialogue when defensive patterns emerge

Our book club started reading spiritual texts from different traditions to broaden our perspectives but now we're stuck because one person keeps interpreting everything through their Christian lens, another person gets defensive whenever we read anything that mentions God, and the rest of us are walking on eggshells.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to encounter the sacred across traditions collides with the protective mechanisms each person has developed around their own beliefs.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Baha'i and new universal traditions?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.