Eboo Patel
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Eboo Patel is a member of President Barack Obama's inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships.[1][2] He is an American Muslim of Gujarati Indian heritage and founder and president of the Interfaith Youth Core, [3] a Chicago-based international nonprofit that aims to promote interfaith cooperation.[4]
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[edit] Biography
Patel grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where he attended Glenbard South High School.[5] He has a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. Patel attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his undergraduate studies.[6]
[edit] Work
- His blog, at Washington Post,[7] The Faith Divide, explores what drives faiths apart and what brings them together.
- He is on the Religious Advisory Committee of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Committee of the Aga Khan Foundation
- He was on the Advisory Board of Duke University Islamic Studies Center.[8]
- Patel is a fellow of Ashoka Foundation,[9] part of a select network of social entrepreneurs.
- He is serving as Dominican University's Lund-Gill Chair in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences for fall 2011.[10]
[edit] Awards
- In 2005 Patel received the David Kellum award from the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette for service to youth.
- Patel was the recipient of the 2010 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
[edit] Bibliography
- Eboo Patel (2006). Building the Interfaith Youth Movement: Beyond Dialogue to Action.
- Eboo Patel (2007). Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation. Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-7727-5. http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1796.
- Eboo Patel and Adam Davis (2009). Hearing the Call Across Traditions: Readings on Faith and Service. Skylight Paths Publishing. pp. 320. ISBN 978-1-59473-264-5. http://www.skylightpaths.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SP&Product_Code=978-1-59473-264-5&Category_Code=.
[edit] References
- ^ US News: Obama Names Members of New Faith Advisory Council. Retrieved February 06, 2009.
- ^ LA Times: White House panel will guide faith-based programs. Retrieved February 06, 2009.
- ^ Youth Core Interfaith Youth Core
- ^ http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=2298
- ^ Eboo Patel (2007). Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation. Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-7727-5. http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1796.
- ^ http://pluralism.org/events/interfaculty/guestbios/patel.php
- ^ Eboo Patel's Blog at Washington Post. Retrieved February 05, 2009.
- ^ Duke Islamic Study Center
- ^ Fellow at Ashoka Foundation. Retrieved February 05, 2009.
- ^ http://www.dom.edu/rcas/lund-gill/
[edit] External links
- "PROFILE: Eboo Patel". Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. November 30, 2007. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week1033/profile.html. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- Sabahat Adil. "- Eboo Patel — The Bridge Builder". Islamica Magazine (19). http://www.islamicamagazine.com/issue-19/eboo-patel-the-bridge-builder.html.
- http://www.ifyc.org/about_core/staff, Bio at IFYC
- "Biography: Eboo Patel". The Pluralism Project at Harvard University. http://www.pluralism.org/events/interfaculty/guestbios/patel.php.
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4989625 Eboo Patel on This I Believe - NPR, Nov. 7, 2005.
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12098469 Eboo Patel on Talk of the Nation - NPR, July 19, 2007.
- Voices on Antisemitism Interview with Eboo Patel from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
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