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September 9, 2007 Guest – Eboo
Patel
Program: The Dangers of Religious Totalitarianism
Executive Director and founder of Interfaith Youth Core
(www.ifyc.org).
Dr. Patel
received his doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford
University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. Eboo is a regular
guest on WBEZ-FM, Chicago Public Radio and a frequent contributor to the
Op-Ed pages of The Chicago Tribune. Additionally, he has written for
The Harvard Divinity School Bulletin,
Utne Magazine, The Journal of Muslim
Law and Culture and
National Public Radio and has been featured on a range of media,
including the BBC, and CNN. Eboo serves on the Boards of the
Aga Khan Foundation USA, the International Interfaith Center,
CrossCurrents Magazine and
Duke University's Islamic Studies Center.
He
is also an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Religious
Advisory Committee and the EastWest Institute’s Task Force on American
Muslims. Eboo 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. His new book, Acts of Faith, explores the role of
religious youth in the 21st Century is available through Beacon Press.
Eboo Patel writes "The Faith
Divide" blog for The Washington Post, visit online at:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/eboo_patel/ |
