Lesson Eight: Interfaith Leadership in Action
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Lesson Eight
This final lesson draws together the core ideas presented throughout the course and highlights key strategies and approaches for putting these concepts into action in order to move our society toward the vision of pluralism.
8.1: Why Does Interfaith Leadership Matter?
This video reviews the key ideas presented in the course thus far and introduces the concept of the five civic goods of pluralism.
8.2: Putting Interfaith Leadership into Practice
Using the case study method, this video asks students to put the skills and knowledge covered in this course into practice, placing themselves in various roles and exploring how interfaith leadership could help them navigate tensions and disagreement in a campus context.
8.3: The Civic Goods of Pluralism
Looking at the long-term impact of interfaith leadership, this module explores five measurable outcomes or civic goods of increased pluralism on society. We discuss why having measurable outcomes is integral to effective leadership and encourage students to identify other possible civic outcomes resulting from pluralism growth in their communities.
8.4: The Time for Interfaith Leaders
In this final module, Eboo Patel offers real world examples of the need and impact of interfaith leadership, bringing together the big ideas of this course in an inspirational send-off for students.