September 10, 2009 – First years, faculty and many other members of the Luther community gathered enthusiastically on Sept. 3 at the opening convocation to hear Dr. Eboo Patel.
Patel is author of the summer Paideia reading, “Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation.” He is also the founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core of Chicago.
In his convocation address, he re-emphasized his belief in religious pluralism and interfaith leadership, underlining the need for interfaith action at Luther College and calling on students to become social entrepreneurs who can build a society where people from different backgrounds live in equality.
“I implore you to be an interfaith leader,” Patel said. “I implore you to not forfeit the territory to Osama Bin Laden’s world.”
He urged the Luther community to choose religious pluralism over totalitarianism. The reason for this is that religious extremism can be a consequence of totalitarianism.
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