Eboo Patel: Obama Faith Adviser Preaches Religious Tolerance
By Bill George – Posted October 22, 2009
Eboo Patel, founder of a national movement promoting interfaith religious cooperation and one of President Barack Obama’s advisers on faith, is tackling what he considers the “color line” of the 21st century: the faith line. While Patel’s soft-spoken charm may hide his Rhodes scholar intellect, there is nothing understated about his strikingly ambitious vision for global religious pluralism.
Patel’s goal is to make interfaith cooperation a social norm within just one generation.
“Women’s rights are a social norm today,” he says. “Everyone in America should challenge religious prejudice just like we challenge racial and gender prejudice.”
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Bill George, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, is author of 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis.
An excellent and very insightful article by Professor Bill George of Harvard Business School. It speaks eloquently to the strength of Eboo Patel’s vision and his determined leadership. Congratulations Eboo!
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