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Episode 8
Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela all began their work to promote social justice and inclusion when they were in their twenties; each believed interfaith understanding and coalitions were central to their efforts. Dr. Eboo Patel, Founder and executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), believes that extremists create armies of terrorists and further their ideology of religious totalitarianism by successfully recruiting disillusioned youth who stand at a crossroad searching for their identities and purpose. In his new book Acts of Faith, Patel argues that we must help these same young people strengthen their religious identities by creating a safe and constructive space where they can talk about faith, social justice and diversity. Eboo Patel along with IFYC interns Samantha Kirby, Nathan Render and Shereen Yousuf join Richard Friend and Judy Seidenstein to discuss how to embrace the pluralistic view that the well being of each person and community depends on the health of the whole.
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