Sacred Ground Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America

Name: Sacred Ground Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America
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ISBN: 9780807077528

ISBN-10: 0807077526

ISBN-13: 9780807077528

Edition: 2013

Authors: Eboo Patel

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There is no better time to stand up for your values than when they are under attack. 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 mainstream, with pundits and politicians routinely invoking the specter of Islam as a menacing, deeply anti-American force. In Sacred Ground, author and renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel says this prejudice is not just a problem for Muslims but a challenge to the very idea of America. Patel shows us that Americans from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. have…

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List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 9/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.49" wide x 8.46" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.638
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