Differing Views and Beliefs Part 1

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Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast episode, Dr. Finlayson-Fife speaks with Sherrae Phelps of Ten Thousand Hours of Writing Podcast about how to respect the differing views and beliefs of others as well as how to approach difficult or uncomfortable conversations about religious topics. To hear more from Sherrae Phelps, visit her at www.tenthousandhoursofwriting.com. Some of the questions addressed include: Are all conversations discussing conflicting beliefs valuable to engage in? What about controversial conversations? Is there value in listening to ideas that scare us? Are there times when it is morally courageous to give others platforms to speak and other times when it would do more damage than good? To learn more about Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s work, visit our website, check out our course page, and take a look at our upcoming events.

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0:00.0	The Hi, I'm Sharay Phelps, the creator of the Christian Doorman blog. I created this blog so that I can share with others some of the interviews and resources I gather as I work on writing a book.
0:29.0	The best way to describe these interviews is by comparing them to the conversations between
0:34.2	Mitch Albon, the author of Tuesdays with Maureen, and as University Professor Maury Schwartz.
0:40.9	From time to time, I get the opportunity to talk with the more ease in my life and ask them questions
0:46.1	and listen to their perspectives on different topics. Join me as I talk with Dr. Jennifer Finnessen, about respecting the differing beliefs of others.
1:05.0	Dr Finleyson Fyke is a licensed psychotherapist with a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Boston College
1:11.4	where she wrote her dissertation on LDS woman in sexuality.
1:15.6	She has taught college level classes on human sexuality and currently has a private therapy
1:20.4	practice in Chicago, where she lives with her husband and three children.
1:25.6	In an interview I had with Dr Finlison Fife more than a year ago, she talked about an
1:30.1	experience she had with her brother when they were at college together.
1:33.3	Here's her account from that interview.
1:35.1	There's the issue of, then are you willing to understand another view even if it pressures and challenges
1:41.7	your view.
1:43.0	You know, so for example, when I was in BYU, my brother was reading a lot of church history
1:49.0	and he was going through a face crisis and he wanted to talk about it and I hated the fact that he wanted to talk about it because it was pressuring my view and I found it very threatening and so I remember as I was driving back to my door one night
2:06.8	you know praying to God that I was going to take distance from him I was not going to
2:11.5	spend as much time with my brother. And I remember
2:15.1	having a very strong impression that that was dishonest of me and unloving and
2:21.4	that the truth could withstand love and so if whatever is true could withstand knowing
2:30.0	and caring about my brother so So, even though it terrified me, I didn't take distance from him.
2:37.0	Yeah.
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