Description A timely defense of Religious Diversity and its centrality to American identity America is the most religiously devout country in the Western world and the most religiously diverse nation on the planet.
He is the author of Interfaith Leadership: A Primer
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About the Author Eboo Patel is founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, a nonprofit organization that promotes interfaith leadership on college campuses.
The book also includes incisive commentaries by John Inazu, Robert Jones, and Laurie Patton on American civil religion, faith and law, and the increasing number of nonReligious Americans.
Will America\'s identity as a Judeo-Christian nation shift as citizens of different backgrounds grow in numbers and influence? In what ways will minority Religious communities themselves change as they take root in American soil? In addressing these and other questions, Patel shows how America\'s Promise is the guarantee of equal rights and dignity for all, and how that Promise is the foundation of America\'s unrivaled strength as a nation.
He explores how Religious language has given the United States some of its most enduring symbols and inspired Many of its most vital civic institutions--and demonstrates how the genius of the American experiment lies in its empowerment of people of all creeds, ethnicities, and convictions.
In this inspiring and thought-provoking book, Patel draws on his personal experience as a Muslim in America to examine broader questions about the importance of Religious Diversity in the cultural, political, and economic life of the nation.
News & World Report, provides answers to this timely and consequential question.
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In today\'s volatile climate of Religious conflict, prejudice, and distrust, how do we affirm the principle that the American Promise is deeply intertwined with how each of us engages with people of different faiths and beliefs? Eboo Patel, former faith adviser to Barack Obama and named one of America\'s best leaders by U.
Description A timely defense of Religious Diversity and its centrality to American identity America is the most religiously devout country in the Western world and the most religiously diverse nation on the planet