Miroslav Volf: How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse
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The episode discusses how the drive to be better than others can negatively impact society, featuring insights from theologian Miroslav Volf.
Text us your questions! Is the drive to be better than others making us worse? We talk with theologian Miroslav Volf about his book The Cost of Ambition and explore why comparison-based striving saturates our schools, churches, workplaces, and politics. Volf separates healthy aspiration from superiority-seeking and makes a compelling case for excellence without domination, rooted in agape, i.e., unconditional love that affirms people beyond performance. We dig into the Christ hymn of Philipp...
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