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Title Acts of faith : the story of an American Muslim, the struggle for the soul of a generation / Eboo Patel.
Author Patel, Eboo, 1975-
Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, c2007.
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Description xix, 189 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189).
Contents Introduction: The faith line -- The crossroads of the identity crisis -- Growing up American, growing up other -- Identity politics -- Real world activism -- An American in India -- The story of Islam, the story of pluralism -- The youth programs of religious totalitarians (or tribal religion, transcendent religion) -- Building the Interfaith Youth Core -- Conclusion: Saving each other, saving ourselves.
Local Note Muslim Journey grant
Subject Patel, Eboo, 1975-
Muslims -- United States -- Biography.
East Indian Americans -- Biography.
Muslims -- United States -- Ethnic identity.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
Pluralism (Social sciences) -- United States.
Interfaith Youth Core.
United States -- Religious life and customs.
Youth -- United States -- Religious life.
Religions -- Relations.
Muslim Journey grant.
ISBN 9780807077269 : $22.95
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