Gratitude and Privilege - A Grate(ful) Moral Dilemma - 048

Is it moral to be grateful for privilege? This week the hosts try to answer what seems to be a paradox: gratitude and privilege. Covering topics from thankfulness, entitlement, wealth and leisure, wonder and a theology of being, Jeff, Mona and Allen try to get to the bottom of this unsettling question. The episode ends with a game called Good News, Bad News where they may or may not tease out a hypothetical scenario where Mona goes on a date with Donald Trump.

 

Announcement on Episode 50 (00:39)

Conversation on Gratitude and Privilege (03:08)

Good News, Bad New Segment (42:31)

RELEVANT LINKS

Listener Feedback – The EPICsode – 010 (Irenicast Episode)

Privilege as a Backpack article - White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh (article)

Allen’s 1st Quote from Thomas Merton is from His Book No Man is an Island (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)

This Too Shall Pass: A Lesson In Impermanence (Article)

Allen’s 2nd Quote from Thomas Merton

Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty by Carl Schmitt (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)

Chris Hatfield (YouTube Channel)

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Thank you to Mike Golin for our intro and outro music.  Check out his band Soulwise.

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