Building the Interfaith Youth Movement: Beyond Dialogue to Action

by Patrice Brodeur (Editor), Patrice Brodeur (Editor)

Violence committed by religious young people has become a regular feature of our daily news reports. What we hear less about are the growing numbers of religious young people from all faith backgrounds who are committed to interfaith understanding and cooperation. Building the Interfaith Youth Movement is the first book to describe this important phenomenon. Contributions include concrete descriptions of various interfaith youth projects across the country―from an arts-program in the South Bronx to a research program at Harvard University to a national organization called the Interfaith Youth Core based in Chicago―written by the founders and leaders of those initiatives. Additional chapters articulate the theory and methodology of this important new movement. This book is a must-read for college chaplains, religious leaders who work with youth, and students and scholars of contemporary religion.

Genres: Religion

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Joan DeArtemis · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book contained a lot of good information, but the way it was arranged made it a bit monotonous to read. I think it would be almost better to use it as a reference book than a text book. I was very impressed by the fact that it included Paganism as one of its religion. I was not aware of the Pluralism Project's Pagan connection. I very much appreciate that. It gives me hope because Pagans are used to thinking of ourselves as not being as good as other religions, but this book treated us as though we were on the same footing.