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Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America
by
Eboo Patel
An inspiring call for Americans to defend the values of inclusiveness and pluralism by one of our best-known American Muslim leaders
In the decade following the attacks of 9/11, suspicion and animosity toward American Muslims has increased rather than subsided. Alarmist, hateful rhetoric once relegated to the fringes of political discourse has now become frighteningly mai...more
In the decade following the attacks of 9/11, suspicion and animosity toward American Muslims has increased rather than subsided. Alarmist, hateful rhetoric once relegated to the fringes of political discourse has now become frighteningly mai...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
August 14th 2012
by Beacon Press
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Nov 22, 2012
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Not much here that is new to me since attending one of IFYC's leadership institutes, so Eboo is still preaching to the choir. But I would sing in Eboo Patel's choir any day of the week. Why? Because this is the gospel I've been waiting to hear since I was six years old, when my first questions surfaced about how Mom's church was different from Dad's church and what to do with my divided loyalties. In all that time, not one person told me that I could celebrate religious diversity as a full and f...more
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I was so excited to have received this book through GoodReads First Reads - I consider myself a Christian Universalist and I tend to be both pluralistic and syncretic in my beliefs, so the idea of interfaith relationships and plurality is something of utmost importance to me. Add that to the very deep affection and respect I have for the religion that is Islam, and I was absolutely overjoyed reading this - it has really become one of my favorite books, out of all I have read. I have a great resp...more
A quick read outlining his work and experiences as the founder of Interfaith Youth Core, Eboo Patel's Sacred Ground touches upon the oppression, insecurity, and victimization people of all religious backgrounds have felt and responded to. Furthermore, this book shows readers why working with people of other faiths and backgrounds is the way to a better tomorrow. I enjoyed the pieces where Patel draws from his own experiences as a youth and also as a father. A positive book that draws from many d...more
The timing is perfect! This morning, I finished Sacred Ground and tomorrow I will attend the open house for the new mosque in our community. Eboo Patel's words have encouraged me to find new ways to build and strengthen relationships with my interfaith neighbors. His stories of the work of IFYC on college campuses has taken me back to my own college experiences of multi-faith study and relationships.
These words, from page 138, caught my attention ...
"Interfaith - how our orientation around our r...more
These words, from page 138, caught my attention ...
"Interfaith - how our orientation around our r...more
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I read this book in a partnership with a local church fellowship. The book helped me to see that there is a long American tradition of vilifying and hating the other. Right now, it's Muslims who are public enemy #1 but it was once Catholics, the Irish, Jews, etc. Fear and hate mongering can be overcome through service and true relationship building. I'm glad that eboo reminds us, we can all be friends.
In truth I'd give it 4.5 stars.
Patel's is an important voice in our discordant times. He lays out the complexities of our multi-faith reality and proposes thought-provoking question which must be considered if we are to build a world that can ever move closer to peace.
Like his first book, Acts of Faith, this is a compelling read. It is especially important to hear his voice as a Muslim-American as Muslims face wide-spread ignorance and often wholesale hatred because of the acts of a few.
Patel's is an important voice in our discordant times. He lays out the complexities of our multi-faith reality and proposes thought-provoking question which must be considered if we are to build a world that can ever move closer to peace.
Like his first book, Acts of Faith, this is a compelling read. It is especially important to hear his voice as a Muslim-American as Muslims face wide-spread ignorance and often wholesale hatred because of the acts of a few.
This should be required reading on every college campus! It was meaningful, relevant, powerful, and most of all inspirational. Real change could happen if young people everywhere read this book. It's one of the rare books that can do that. I can't say enough about it. So I made this review short on purpose. Just read it and you'll see what I mean.
I will confess -- I'm a big fan of Eboo Patel's work. I enjoyed immensely Acts of Faith, and this book is no different. He shares the importance of living one's faith, faithfully, in a world of religious diversity, while building bridges of cooperation. He begins with the story of the opposition to the so-called Ground Zero Mosque and concludes with a story of raising his own son as a faithful Muslim in this world of religious diversity -- where respecting the other and finding one's own faith r...more
I found Patel's definition of theology compelling: a coherent narrative that references Scripture, stories, history, heroes, poetry, and so on from the cumulative historical tradition of the faith community, I now wonder how this definition applies to my faith community.
This book has pushed me to think about how I "coach" people within the congregation I serve to tell their own story and interact with others. One I'll pull off the shelf on a regular basis.
Eboo Patel does it again. While the themes of this book will be familiar to anyone who had read his earlier work or heard him speak, there is much here that is new -- always interesting, sometimes provocative, and at times very personal. A great call to action for the next phase of the interfaith movement.
This guy is brilliant and I'm glad he's out there doing what he does in the world. His books should be required reading for all Americans.
This book provides a valuable introduction to the conversation with a clear example of where our nation needs to continue growing in order to truly be a land of religious freedom.
A personal, optimistic narrative of the inspirations and setbacks facing those at the forefront of the interfaith movement in the 21st century.
Some good ideas, but the stories of anti-Muslim incidents made me very sad.
Very thought-provoking. Everyone should read this book.
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Important words - it really resonated with me
I was clearly not the intended audience for this book, but I think it does what it sets out to do reasonably well. Patel is trying to sell interfaith work as a core part of what it means to be American to a moderate-to-conservative audience. I think he chooses good stories to do that, even if his organization only works with institutions of high education and even if I am not personally sold on the argument based in patriotism.
I won this book as a first read in Aug- This book is very interesting reading. being brought up in family with different religious background- I can understand where Patel is coming from. We as a society need to realize that we each have the same belief. We may now call him the same thing but we all believe in the same thing.
And that is what Eboo Patel is saying here.
And that is what Eboo Patel is saying here.
This book, once again, gives me hope, challenges my ministry, and inspires me to do more than I thought I could.
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Named by US News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders of 2009, Eboo Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a Chicago-based organization building the global interfaith youth movement. Author of the award-winning book Acts of Faith, Eboo is also a regular contributor to the Washington Post, USA Today and CNN. He served on President Obama’s inaugural Adviso...more
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