Eboo Patel

Founder & President, Interfaith America · 1 appearance on the record.

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He founded Interfaith America in 2002 to advance religious pluralism and interfaith cooperation across colleges, civic institutions, and businesses. He served on President Barack Obama's Inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and has authored five books.

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The record, in short

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Assertion Contradicted

Patel: U.S. religiosity dropped from 80% in 1957 to 13% in 1967 before rebounding

“So in 1957, something like 80% of people said religion was very important in America. 1967, something like 13% said it was very important. ... 1977, it's back up to the mid fifties, right?”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 34:10 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

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What they said10 Episodes1

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Insight

Patel: Anti-racism is destructive when given coercive institutional power

“Anti-racism is a useful critique of the world. It is dangerous as a paradigm, right? Because it just doesn't explain the, it doesn't explain enough of the world. And that's what a paradigm is supposed to do. And it's really terrible as a regime. It's really te…”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 25:02 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

Insight

Patel: Wokeness functions as a replacement for religion in secular society

“There's always going to be the same amount of religion in a society, and if it's not going to be a historic world faith, it's going to be a political ideology, right? Or it's going to be, like kind of a cultural phenomenon. Like, I think that that, I think tha…”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 24:10 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

Opinion

Patel: American evangelicalism has an overall net positive impact on culture

“There's a lot of American evangelicalism. That's really positive. Even parts that I disagree with, I think has a net positive impact on the culture.”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 35:08 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

Opinion

Patel: 1990s campus activists hated the system more than they loved people

“And I was doing all of this service and social justice work, and it was kind of an anger-based work, right? Like, the people I was running with, they hated the system more than they loved people.”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 5:40 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

Insight

Patel: Loving Islam is more important than hating Islamophobia

“Hating Islamophobia is not more important than loving Islam.”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 13:37 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

Insight

Patel: Identity discourse must move beyond the oppressed-oppressor binary

“We have to have categories Other than oppressed and oppressive. In which to talk about our identities.”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 15:18 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

Disclosure

Patel: Interfaith America Welcomes Non-Believers Who See Religion's Positive Value

“At Interfaith America, for us, you know, from atheists to Zoroastrians are kind of welcome, right? But the idea is that religion can be a positive force in our society. So, so the only, we don't ask people to believe in anything related to God or a deity or th…”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 4:06 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

Assertion Contradicted

Patel: U.S. religiosity dropped from 80% in 1957 to 13% in 1967 before rebounding

“So in 1957, something like 80% of people said religion was very important in America. 1967, something like 13% said it was very important. ... 1977, it's back up to the mid fifties, right?”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 34:10 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

Insight

Patel: Humans are naturally moderate and cannot maintain cultural extremes long-term

“I think that human beings, we are naturally moderate. Like, we are made to be moderate. And so, we're in an extreme moment right now. But I don't think we are made to be able to be able to maintain extremes for long periods of time.”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 36:54 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

Insight

Patel: The quality of civilization is defined by how people talk together

“A civilization is defined by people living and talking. So the quality of our conversation, the manner in which we talk with one another, that's the quality of our civilization.”

Eboo Patel Mar 15, 2023 ▶ 28:34 Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Why This Social Justice Activist Became an Entrepreneur Instead · Joe Lonsdale	Mar 15, 2023	31m

Eboo Patel

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