Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel, Ph.D., is founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core, an international nonprofit building the interfaith youth movement. He was appointed by President Obama to the Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and serves on the Religious Advisory Committee of the Council on Foreign Relations. Patel writes "The Faith Divide" blog for The Washington Post and has also written for the Harvard Divinity School Bulletin, the Chicago Tribune, The Clinton Journal, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, The Sunday Times of India and National Public Radio. He has been featured on a range of media, including CNN Sunday Morning, NPR's Morning Edition, the PBS documentary Three Faiths, One God, The New Republic, American Public Media, the BBC, and CNN. Patel is a sought-after speaker whose addresses include the keynote speech at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum with President Jimmy Carter and the Baccalaureate Service Address at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation and the coeditor of Building the Interfaith Youth Movement: Beyond Dialogue to Action. An Ashoka Fellow, Patel was named by Islamica Magazine as one of ten young Muslim visionaries shaping Islam in America, was chosen by Harvard's Kennedy School Review as one of five future policy leaders to watch, and was selected to join the Young Global Leaders network of the World Economic Forum. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

From Eboo Patel

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From the former faith adviser to President Obama comes an inspirational guide for those who seek to promote positive social change and build a more diverse and just democracy...

Book | By Eboo Patel | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
Tagged as: Activism, Democracy, Love, Politics, Social Justice

A heartfelt call and primer for community-oriented models of wellbeing in our age of polarization and turmoil. Available for preorder...

Book | By Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Eboo Patel, Resmaa Menakem | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
Tagged as: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism

A revised edition of the renowned interfaith activist's story of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism. With a new afterword...

Book | By Eboo Patel | From Beacon Press
Tagged as: Islam

A groundbreaking academic anthology that explores the emerging field of interreligious/interfaith studies...

Book | By Eboo Patel, Jennifer Howe Peace, Noah Silverman | From Beacon Press
Tagged as: Interfaith

From Sarah Conover comes Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer. This biography of the Prophet of Islam for ages 9 and up will inspire and educate readers of all faiths.

Book | By Sarah Conover, Eboo Patel, Eboo Patel | From Skinner House Books
Tagged as: Islam

A guide for students, groups, and organizations seeking to foster interfaith dialogue and promote understanding across religious lines...

Book | By Eboo Patel, Eboo Patel | From Beacon Press
Tagged as: Interfaith

In Sacred Ground, author and renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel says this prejudice is not just a problem for Muslims but a challenge to the very idea of America.

Book | By Eboo Patel | From Beacon Press
Tagged as: America, Multiculturalism, Pluralism, Multiculturalism

From Sarah Conover comes Muhammad: The Story of a Prophet and Reformer. This biography of the Prophet of Islam for ages 9 and up will inspire and educate readers of all faiths.

Book | By Sarah Conover, Eboo Patel, Eboo Patel | From Skinner House Books
Tagged as: Islam

A guide for students, groups, and organizations seeking to foster interfaith dialogue and promote understanding across religious lines...

Book | By Eboo Patel, Eboo Patel | From Beacon Press
Tagged as: Interfaith

Originally published in USA Today. Used by permission. "I hate pizza day at school," my nephew announced at my family's annual holiday dinner. That sounded strange coming from a 14-year-old boy, so I asked for an explanation. "Well, there's only two kinds—cheese and pepperoni. Once, when all the...

Handout | By Eboo Patel | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of Faiths

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