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Acts of faith : the story of an American Muslim, the struggle for the soul of a generation / Eboo Patel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Beacon Press, c2007.Description: xix, 189 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780807077269 (acidfree paper)
  • 0807077267 (acidfree paper)
  • 9780807077276 (pbk.)
  • 0807077275 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.6/97089914073 22
  • B 22
LOC classification:
  • E184.M88 P38 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: The faith line -- The crossroads of the identity crisis -- Growing up American, growing up other -- Identity politics -- Real world activism -- An American in India -- The story of Islam, the story of pluralism -- The youth programs of religious totalitarians (or tribal religion, transcendent religion) -- Building the Interfaith Youth Core -- Conclusion: Saving each other, saving ourselves.
Summary: The author, a young American Muslim of Indian background, juxtaposes his college years as an angry young radical with a description of how he came to see the possibilities of religious pluralism and founded the Interfaith Youth Core.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189).

Introduction: The faith line -- The crossroads of the identity crisis -- Growing up American, growing up other -- Identity politics -- Real world activism -- An American in India -- The story of Islam, the story of pluralism -- The youth programs of religious totalitarians (or tribal religion, transcendent religion) -- Building the Interfaith Youth Core -- Conclusion: Saving each other, saving ourselves.

The author, a young American Muslim of Indian background, juxtaposes his college years as an angry young radical with a description of how he came to see the possibilities of religious pluralism and founded the Interfaith Youth Core.

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