Eboo Patel
Named “one of America’s best leaders” by US News and World Report, Eboo Patel is Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), the leading interfaith organization in the United States. Under his leadership, IFYC has worked with governments, universities, private companies, and civic organizations to make faith a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. He served on President Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council, has given hundreds of keynote addresses, and has written five books, including We Need to Build: Fieldnotes for Diverse Democracy (Beacon Press) which will be published in March 2022. He is an Ashoka Fellow and holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. Eboo lives in Chicago with his wife, Shehnaz, and two sons.
Interview by Bill Locke
Time: 14:28
Other books by Eboo Patel:
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation;
Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America;
Interfaith Leadership: A Primer;
Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise
For more information about Eboo, visit his webpage, or follow him on Twitter or Facebook.
Find out more about the work of Interfaith Youth Core on their website.
Images courtesy of Eboo Patel.
