Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (804 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00DYB21QI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 500 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Life-changing. Jonathan Homrighausen This book changed my life. Patel, who studied religion and society as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford and founded the Interfaith Youth Corps, writes about his own religious formation (or lack thereof) and how he views pluralism and interreligious dialogue and service.Patel, the son of Indian Muslim immigrants, grew up in Chicago with little sense of religious identity. It was simply never discussed either in higher school or college. It was only after becoming a part of the Catholic Worker movement and meeting Brother Wayne Teasdale that Patel began to quest after his own religious identity. After all, as even the Dalai Lama told him, . A Call for Giving Kids a Positive View of Their Heritage The most interesting point in this book comes at the beginning: Parents move to a new country and find an enclave of their own culture. Their kids are torn between two cultures. This is a perfect opportunity for extremists to take advantage of the kids. The kids don't even have to be angry to start out with-- just like of lost between two cultures. He takes the reader through his personal story of being lost, falling into some borderline extremist ideology, and leaving extremist ideology partly due to his experience with the YMCA.The rest of the book promotes YMCA-like organizations, including his own organization, that promote re. Caroline said Powerful and Practical. For anyone wanting to better understand the power and influence of faith in modern society, this book by Eboo Patel is both important and illuminating. Patel writes this book in an attempt to answer a question he poses in the introduction: “In a world of passionate religiosity and intense interaction, how will people from different faith backgrounds engage one another?” Looking at the ways that faith and religiosity have led to both positive as well as violent and hateful ends, he wonders whether we will build bombs or bridges of understanding? Will we become a world of religious totalitarians or religious pluralists?A
Eboo Patel's story is a hopeful and moving testament to the power and passion of young people - and of the world-changing potential of an interfaith youth movement. Includes a new Afterword.. Acts of Faith is a remarkable account of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism, from one of the most prominent faith leaders in the United States