Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise

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The former faith adviser to Barack Obama draws on his personal experience as a Muslim in America to examine the importance of religious diversity in the nation's cultural, political, and economic life. He explores how religious language has given the United States some of its most enduring symbols and inspired its most vital civic institutions.

Eboo Patel is founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, a nonprofit organization that promotes interfaith leadership on college campuses. He is the author of Interfaith Leadership, Sacred Ground, and Acts of Faith. Twitter @EbooPatel

"One of America's deepest thinkers on religion and the human condition."-U.S. News & World Report "Readers will be rewarded with Patel's rich perspective on religious diversity in America."-Publishers Weekly "Patel makes a gloriously unapologetic case for such old-fashioned American values as empathetic citizenship and religious pluralism."-Stephen Prothero, author of God Is Not One "With this book, we experience the sweep of Patel's intellect and perspective."-Krista Tippett, founder and CEO of the On Being Project "Patel is the best of what this country makes: a person of faith with a heart as big as his mind."-Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced