3K likes. Patel looks to interfaith cooperation and dialogue while Tippett’s approach leans more towards spirituality, looking at how religions help us understand big life questions. By RNS staff — Jan 1 Eboo Patel, IFYC Founder & President, provides answers to this important question in this inspiring and thought-provoking book. Prior to dinner, Patel will meet with OU students for an informal discussion. Written By Katie Davies . [6] He has a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. These days, Eboo spends most of his time on the road, doing what he loves: meeting students, educators, and community leaders to talk about the complex landscape of religious diversity and the power of interfaith cooperation in the 21st century. Dr. Ebrahim “Eboo” Patel is leading the movement to engage young people of various religious identities in the United States in interfaith community service. It is precisely the reason I was drawn to religion in the first place. About Dr. Eboo Patel: Want to see Eboo Patel in person, register for the 2018 Parliament today! As Eboo Patel states on the Interfaith Youth Core website, the core belief is that religion is a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. “Eboo Patel is an exciting new voice of a new America: diverse but not divisive, hopeful but not utopian. Dorchester, carrying 902 service men, merchant seamen, and civilian workers, sunk in the cold Atlantic Ocean. Eboo Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core and the author of Acts of Faith. Eboo shares his vision for America as a potluck nation – one where all are welcome to the table and diverse contributions are celebrated. He holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. He was a member of President Obama's inaugural faith council, is a regular contributor to the Washington Post , Huffington Post, CNN, and public radio, and speaks frequently about interfaith cooperation on college campuses. He is the author of Acts of Faith, Sacred Ground, Interfaith Leadership and … For over 15 years he has worked with governments, social sector organizations, and college and university campuses to help make interfaith cooperation a social norm. In this thought-provoking book, Patel draws on his personal experience as a Muslim in America to examine the importance of religious diversity in the nation’s cultural, political, and economic life. He was a member of President Obama's inaugural faith council, is a regular contributor to the Washington Post , Huffington Post , CNN, and public radio, and speaks frequently about interfaith cooperation on … . Ahead of the Trend Religion Research. Eboo Patel, former faith adviser to Barack Obama and named one of America’s best leaders by U.S. News & World Report, provides answers to this timely and consequential question. Eboo Patel promotes potluck, not melting pot, pluralism March 9, 2020 Speaking in Perkins Chapel at SMU, Eboo Patel emphasized the civic framework that ensures religious liberty in the United States had its roots in the deeply held religious convictions of some early European settlers who stood up for the rights of neighbors with different beliefs. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Today, “Religious Passion, Pluralism, and the Young.” Eboo Patel was born in 1975 to a Muslim family of Indian heritage in a Chicago suburb. Patel and Tippett approach questions of religion and spirituality through different lenses. Religion for Patel is the way to do that - creating interfaith engagements that lead to lasting relationships will transform the country. Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise, Here’s How Biden Can Keep the Faith, and Spread it, To Curb Hate Crimes, Colleges Must Step Up, The Role of Religion in American Polarization, Interfaith Youth Core's Eboo Patel at Ideas Day, How students are building bridges between faiths. February 28, 2017. Goldie speaks to Eboo about IFYC’s commitment to offer interfaith leadership training to students studying online as well as in residential higher education. He is inspired to build this bridge … Patel grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where he attended Glenbard South High School. Eboo Patel, former faith adviser to Barack Obama, provides answers to this timely question. He is inspired to build this bridge by his identity as an American Muslim navigating a religiously diverse social landscape. Podcast: Eboo Patel on Islam, Pluralism, and the “Faith Line” By Robert P. Jones The Faith Line, as Eboo describes it, does not separate people of different religions but separates religious pluralists on the one hand and religious totalitarians on the other. He is the author of four books and dozens of articles, has spoken on more than 150 campuses, and served on President Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council. Patel also believes that students are leaders, so he launched a movement that has reshaped the nature of interfaith activity in the United States. Kelly is wondering how a spiritual orientation changes a person in this conversation with scholar Eboo Patel. Eboo Patel will talk with Tribune religion reporter Manya Brachear at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Tribune Tower, 435 N. Michigan Ave.; $15. Eboo Patel, Chicago, IL. Named by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders of 2009, Eboo served on President Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council and is the author of Acts of Faith, Sacred Ground, Interfaith Leadership: A Primer, and Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise. Author of the award-winning book Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, Eboo is also a regular contributor to the Washington Post, National Public Radio and CNN. Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a non-profit organization that is working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm in America. Patel grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where he attended Glenbard South High School. Patel also believes that students are leaders, so he launched a movement that has reshaped the nature of interfaith activity in the United States. Dr. Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a non-profit organization working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm in America. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault sits down with founder and president Eboo Patel to examine how interfaith dialogue can be used to bridge racial divisions. For over 15 years he has worked with governments, social sector organizations, and college and university campuses to help make interfaith cooperation a social norm. Eboo Patel is the founder and Executive Director of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a Chicago-based institution building the global interfaith youth movement. “Eboo Patel is an exciting new voice of a new America: diverse but not divisive, hopeful but not utopian. Eboo founded Interfaith Youth Core on the idea that religion should be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. From American Public Media, this is Speaking of Faith, public radio’s conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas. Will be rescheduled. He is the author of Acts of Faith — which won the Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion — Sacred Ground and Interfaith Leadership. This American Muslim of Indian descent has written a fascinating and timely memoir about his calling to educate a new generation to the values of religious tolerance and service to all humanity. After … Eboo Patel is an Indian-American, a Muslim, a sociologist, and the founder and leader of the Interfaith Youth Core, active now on some 50 American campuses. President-elect Joe Biden delivers a Thanksgiving address at the Queen Theatre on Nov. 25, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. By **Eboo Patel** We humans know violence well. PRRI’s Robbie Jones, John Inazu, professor of law and religion at Washington University, and Laurie Patton, President of Middlebury College helped Eboo mark the launch of his new book. Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) and has worked for over 15 years to make interfaith cooperation the norm.. 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Drawing on his personal experience as a Muslim in America, Eboo examines broader questions about the importance of religious diversity … Dionne, David Gergen, Ingrid Mattson, Eboo Patel, and Jim Wallis. [5]:74 In response, he developed the idea for the Interfaith Youth Core,[7] formulated through his relationship with Brother Wayne Teasdale and blessed by the Dalai Lama, that would bring young people of different faiths together around service and dialogue. [8] His second book, Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America, was released in August 2012. He is a respected leader on national issues of religious diversity, civic engagement, and the intersection of racial equity and interfaith cooperation. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his undergraduate studies and earned a degree in Sociology. 2020 Holiday Coverage. Wolfe, A. “Eboo Patel is an exciting new voice of a new America: diverse but not divisive, hopeful but not utopian. Eboo Patel is an interfaith leader who worked as a member of President Barack Obama’s inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-based Neighborhood Partnerships. Patel and IFYC partnered with White House officials in developing President Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge, which invited schools across the nation to make interfaith cooperation a campus priority and launched in 2011. The two leaders also reflect on the findings of a recent PRRI survey on the coronavirus and … In this thought-provoking book, Patel draws on his personal experience as a Muslim in America to examine the importance of religious diversity in the nation’s cultural, political, and economic life. He is a respected leader on national issues of religious diversity, civic engagement, and the intersection of racial equity and interfaith cooperation. CANCELED due to weather in Chicago. Eboo Patel is the founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, an international nonprofit that is building an interfaith youth movement. The methodology of the IFYC takes it’s cues from Eboo Patel’s days as a sociology student at Oxford. mouthing Arabic prayers with their eyes closed and … Top Stories. Kelly is wondering how a spiritual orientation changes a person in this conversation with scholar Eboo Patel. Catch up with him on Twitter and Facebook, and keep exploring to learn more about Eboo and IFYC. Eboo Patel is an Indian-American, a Muslim, a sociologist, and the founder and leader of the Interfaith Youth Core, active now on some 50 American campuses. Patel sees hope - and offers solutions - for the country to work through difference and emerge stronger because of it, not in spite of it. Following recent tragic attacks on places of worship around the world, Eboo Patel and other influential Pittsburgh figures came together for a dynamic discussion about religion, diversity, and spiritual coexistence. Eboo Patel. By Eboo Patel. Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, giving a lecture at Roanoke College in February 2013. Watch as Eboo Patel talks about the power of interfaith and how there's room for all of us and what we believe in. It is a part of each of us. ... Obscuring politics and religion. Eboo Patel is founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based international nonprofit that promotes interfaith cooperation. Accessed at [5] He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his undergraduate studies and earned a degree in Sociology. Author, Speaker, Educator, and Interfaith Leader. [5]:61–69 As an activist, Patel felt that diversity, service, and faith were important parts of civic life but found no community organization that touched on all three, specifically one that worked with young people. Dec 21. One book I intend to use is Eboo Patel’s memoir entitled, Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation (Boston: Beacon Press, 2007). He was a member of President Obama‚Äôs inaugural faith council, is a regular contributor to the Washington Post, Huffington Post, CNN, and public radio, and speaks frequently about interfaith cooperation on college campuses. Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a non-profit organization that is working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm in America. Secretary Albright stressed that the world is watching the United States: interreligious strife at home damages our image abroad. [8] Today the organization employs approximately 30 people and has a $4-million operating budget.[8]. Dr. Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a non-profit organization working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm in America. Today, “Religious Passion, Pluralism, and the Young.” Eboo Patel was born in 1975 to a Muslim family of Indian heritage in a Chicago suburb. In his early 20s, he collaborated on projects around the world, including Sri Lanka, South Africa, and India. In his off time, you’ll find Eboo in Chicago with his wife, Shehnaz, and their two sons. In the book, Patel notes that he became interested in religious diversity in college, where he noticed that conversations on multiculturalism and multiple identities did not involve religious identity. Kelly's mom spends part of every day in a Catholic Church, as did her father his entire life. . (2011-September 11) Evildoers and us. Like a typical youngster, he was concerned about what his peers thought about him. I am preparing for a new course on religious autobiography next semester. Eboo Patel How Change Happens 2. He is the founder of the nonprofit organization Interfaith Youth Core, which works specifically with young people to promote interfaith cooperation and understanding. As he grew older, Patel struggled to “fit in as a brown kid in a white world” (p. 23). He has a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. Eboo reviews findings from the latest IDEALS report, focusing on the role institutions of higher learning play in reducing race-based discrimination. Eboo explores the position of the traitor-alien in diversity work and asks the question of how you build a community that is strong enough to deal with inevitable deep disagreement. Aired: 04/12/07 Rating: NR After graduating from college, he taught at an alternative education program for high school dropouts in Chicago and, inspired partly by Dorothy Day’s Catholic Worker movement, founded a cooperative living community for activists and artists in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Eboo Patel is founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core and author of “Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise.” Submit a … Eboo Patel How Change Happens 2. Chronicle of Higher Education. Religious diversity is the norm in American life, and that diversity is only increasing, says Eboo Patel. Drawing on legendary philosophies and rarely told stories of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Interfaith Youth Core founder Eboo Patel gives a deeper meaning to the word ‘religion,’ conjuring powerful ideas of hope and togetherness rather than fear and division. Aired: 04/12/07 Rating: NR Eboo Patel is founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, a nonprofit group that works with colleges on issues of religious diversity. [1][2] He is an American Ismaili of Gujarati Indian heritage and founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core,[3] a Chicago-based international nonprofit that aims to promote interfaith cooperation.[4]. References. Eboo addresses the 2019 ILI sharing the hope he feels from seeing so many young leaders and educators ready to make interfaith cooperation a norm on their campuses. For over 15 years, he has worked with governments, social sector organizations and college and university campuses to help make interfaith cooperation a social norm. Are We Losing Our Religion? As Eboo Patel states on the Interfaith Youth Core website, the core belief is that religion is a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. Eboo shares his thoughts on the role President-Elect Joe Biden's faith can play in unifying the country and interfaith communities. Eboo Patel: We want to make interfaith cooperation a social norm in the United States.We think that is a generational endeavor. ... Dr. Patel served on President Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council and holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. Glanzer, P. L., & Ream, T. C. (2009). At the Aspen Ideas Festival last week, we discussed this challenge and opportunity in two panels featuring Madeleine Albright, E.J. Goodstein, Laurie. Eboo Patel was a member of President Barack Obama's inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships. Eboo Patel, president of Interfaith Youth Core, founded the non-profit organization on the idea that religion should be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier or division. As founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a national nonprofit organization working towards an America where people of different faiths, world views, and traditions can bridge differences and find common values to build a shared life together, Eboo Patel is committed to the idea that religion should be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. The case for interfaith America with Eboo Patel On Feb. 3, 1943, the U.S.A.T. WHAT: Eboo Patel is the Founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based international organization that brings young people from different faith communities together to build understanding and cooperation. Growing up as an Ismaili Muslim (of the Shia branch of Islam) in the US, Patel often reluctantly participated in the religious rituals of his parents’ faith. [5]:123 He officially founded IFYC in 2002 with a Jewish friend and a $35,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. Somehow, the religious people I admired overcame the human desire to hurt others. Eboo Patel is a leading voice in the movement for interfaith cooperation and the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a national nonprofit working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. [5]:74, While a student at Oxford, Patel ran numerous interfaith youth projects in India, Sri Lanka, and South Africa. Eboo Patel is a leading voice in the movement for interfaith cooperation and the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a national nonprofit working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. Eboo founded Interfaith Youth Core on the idea that religion should be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. About the Author (s)/Editor (s)/Translator (s): Eboo Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core and the author of Acts of Faith and Sacred Ground. IFYC founder and president Eboo Patel spoke with Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) President and founder, and podcast host Robert P. Jones, to discuss whether this crisis will unite the country or amplify old tensions – Patel and Jones have different analyses on this fundamental question. For over 15 years he has worked with governments, social sector organizations, and college and university campuses to help make interfaith cooperation a social norm. Eboo Patel, president of Interfaith Youth Core, founded the non-profit organization on the idea that religion should be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier or division. He is inspired to build this bridge by his identity as an American Muslim navigating a religiously diverse social landscape. Eboo opened the panel, a partnership between The Aspen Institute and IFYC, moderated by NPR’s Tom Gjelten. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, He is on the Religious Advisory Committee of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Committee of the, University of Illinois Outstanding Asian-American Alumni Award, 2010, Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum, 2010, Stanford University Muslim American Contribution Award, 2009, Named a “Future Policy Leader” by Harvard Kennedy School Review, 2008, This page was last edited on 12 December 2020, at 01:13. Chicago Tribune | Nov 25, 2020 at 5:47 PM . In addition to his work with IFYC, Patel has spoken at numerous college campuses and conferences across the country. Eboo Patel is an Indian-American, a Muslim, a sociologist, and the founder and leader of the Interfaith Youth Core, active now on some 50 American campuses. For over 15 years he has worked with governments, social sector organizations, and college and … Eboo Patel's optimism for the United States is refreshing and needed. He recounts his sensitivity about his religious background and ties: During religious holidays, I would look at the sea of brown people. Kelly's mom spends part of every day in a Catholic Church, as did her father his entire life. Christianity and Moral Identity in Higher Education. He speaks for all of us from a rising generation of bright, brown, and bold Americans who have much to offer a country embarking on a new millennium and in need of new blood.” When public discourse around religious diversity is so fraught, how might faculty teach about religion in a way that encourages civic engagement and participation in a diverse society in college students? Patel details his life and career extensively in his 2007 autobiography, Acts of Faith. It is Eboo Patel's job, as a member of the president's Faith Advisory Council, to promote understanding between Muslims and people of other religions. Race & Religion. Eboo Patel He is the author of the books Acts of Faith, Sacred Ground, Interfaith Leadership and Out of Many Faiths . Are We Losing Our Religion? RNS reporters on the big stories they expect to cover in 2021. Eboo Patel is a leading voice in the movement for interfaith cooperation and the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a national nonprofit working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. Eboo Patel is a leading voice in the movement for interfaith cooperation and the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a national nonprofit working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. Eboo Patel is currently working on a new book that will be published in August 2012. The event will be preceded by … Patel founded the non-profit organization Interfaith Youth Core on the idea that religion should be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier. Eboo Patel was a member of President Barack Obama's inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships. Eboo Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, a non-profit organization that promotes interfaith leadership on colleg campuses. Tibetan Buddhist masters talked about their struggle to love their Chinese tormentors. Written By Katie Davies . Failing to educate the next generation of citizens on the role of religion in our democracy is like failing to teach doctors how the circulatory system works. He is the author of four books and dozens of articles, has spoken on more than 150 campuses, and served on … 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 … Eboo in Chicago with his wife, Shehnaz, and Jim Wallis and president of Interfaith Youth,! 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