Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Eboo PatelActs of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a GenerationA young Muslim activist explains our critical need to counter the recruitment of youth by religious fundamentalistsThe lessons we learn when we are young, Eboo Patel writes, determine the commitments we carry the rest of our lives. Even so, many organizations only pay lip service to the importance of youth programs; few devote substantial time and effort to them.But there is a segment of our world that fully understands that young people are a combustible combination of power and fragility. Preachers in the bigotry-driven Christian Identity movement pay special attention to young people. Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin was a twenty-five-year-old observant Jew. Muslim extremists run madrasas with the clear-cut goal of teaching youth that violence is the answer. Youth programs are the focus of the institutions created by these religious totalitarians and at the center of their strategies. All too often, young people are the perpetrators of the devastating acts of violence that define these groups.Acts of Faith interweaves accounts of how religious totalitarian groups engage youth with Patel’s own story of growing up Muslim and angry in America. His unique understanding of the importance of positively engaging religious youth led him to found the Interfaith Youth Core, an energetic organization that seeks to counter religious totalitarianism by building an interfaith, pluralistic youth movement. Addressing the key questions of this emerging movement, Patel shows us how to engage religious conservatives and, most importantly, how to positively focus the fires of youth.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, East Indian Americans, Religious life and customs, Ethnic identity, Cultural pluralism, Religiosa minoriteter, Interfaith relations, Ethnic relations, Interfaith Youth Core, Youth, Religions, Muslims, Relations, Muslimer, Biography, Religious life, Pluralism (Social sciences), Religiösa minoriteter, Muslims, united states, East indians, Youth, united states, United states, ethnic relations, Religions, relations, Youth, conduct of lifeShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, with a New Afterword
2018, Beacon Press
in English
0807050822 9780807050828
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, in the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
2010, Beacon Press
in English
1299561470 9781299561472
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle forthe Soul of a Generation
July 15, 2008, Beacon Press
Paperback
in English
- 1 edition
0807077275 9780807077276
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
5
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of aGeneration
July 11, 2007, Beacon Press
Hardcover
in English
0807077267 9780807077269
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created April 29, 2008
- 7 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
April 25, 2011 | Edited by OCLC Bot | Added OCLC numbers. |
August 6, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
April 16, 2010 | Edited by bgimpertBot | Added goodreads ID. |
April 29, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record |