Sacred Ground Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America

Name: Sacred Ground Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America
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ISBN: 9780807077481

ISBN-10: 0807077488

ISBN-13: 9780807077481

Edition: 2012

Authors: Eboo Patel

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There is no better time to stand up for your values than when they are under attack.After 9/11, then-President Bush declared that Islam was a religion of peace, making a clear distinction between an act of terrorism and a religion. But in recent years, anti-Islamic sentiment has been growing in the U.S., stoked by pastors, politicians, and pundits from Pamela Gellar to Newt Gingrich. The implication of their rhetoric is clear: being Muslim is somehow incompatible with being an American.InSacred Ground, renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel reminds us that religious tolerance, as well as religious prejudice, has been with us since the colonial era. And over time, many once-despised groups,…

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List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 8/14/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.79" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Robert Kilkenny is Executive Director of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention and a Clinical Associate in the School of Social Work at Simmons College. He is coeditor of Mixed ; Mi Voz, Mi Vida ; and Balancing Two Worlds , all from Cornell.



Introduction



Ground Zero


The Muslim Menace


The Evangelical Shift



The Science of Interfaith Cooperation


The Art of Interfaith Leadership



Colleges


Seminaries


American Muslim Child


Conclusion


Afterword



Acknowledgments


Notes


Index