Revised edition of the renowned interfaith activist’s story of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism
Acts of Faith is a remarkable account of Eboo Patel’s struggle to understand the traditions he belonged to—American, Indian, Muslim—as mutually enriching rather than mutually exclusive. 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.
Introduction: The Faith Line
1. The Crossroads of the Identity Crisis
2. Growing Up American, Growing Up Other
3. Identity Politics
4. Real World Activism
5. An American in India
6. The Story of Islam, the Story of Pluralism
7. The Youth Programs of Religious Totalitarians (or Tribal Religion, Transcendent Religion)
8. Building the Interfaith Youth Core
Conclusion: Saving Each Other, Saving Ourselves
Postscript
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Bibliographic Essay