Lesson One: Introduction to Interfaith Leadership

This first module defines Interfaith Leadership, citing historical examples, and highlights the civic relevance of Interfaith Leadership for today’s world.

The term “interfaith” is defined and students are introduced to the different ways this term has been applied in different contexts. Since this course will focus on people of different religious orientations coming together for cooperative action, this module covers how this differs from other applications of the term “interfaith”.

Eboo Patel, founder and president of IFYC, will summarize the ideas shared in this first lesson and walk students through the upcoming seven lessons. This module lays out a map of the course, and points to some of the larger cumulative learning outcomes that students will achieve upon completion of the course.