“Celebrate UNC Asheville” Roundtable Four: The American Dream: Interfaith Leadership in a Religious Democracy

This roundtable talk will be led by Dr. Eboo Patel, author, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, and Rhodes Scholar whose most recent text is Interfaith Leaders. UNC Asheville faculty respondents include Dr. Rick Chess, Roy Carroll Professor of Honors Arts and Sciences and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies; and Dr. Rodger Payne, Chair and Professor of Religious Studies; Dr. Kate Zubko, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, NEH Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, 2018-21; and Dr. Marcus Harvey, assistant professor of Religious Studies.

Dr. Eboo Patel, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core is an author, speaker, educator, and interfaith leader dedicated to the idea that religious understanding should be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division.