Will toleration or tribalism define this era of enlightenment?

Is intolerance tightening its grip on public life?

The twentieth century was among the most intolerant in human history; the Holocaust, Stalinism, empires collapsing in blood.

So why, in the twenty-first century, is tolerance still so elusive?

In the final episode of a two-part series on toleration, God Forbid looks at the ever-growing allure of tribalism, cementing division along contentious political fault lines.

Guests:

Dr Shaun Blanchard, Senior Lecturer in Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia. Author of the forthcoming Catholicism and Enlightenment.

Dr Devleena Ghosh, Professor, School of Communication and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney.

Dr Abdullah Kunde, Founder and President of the Muslim Debate Initiative Australia.

This program was made on the lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation