EDITOR BIOGRAPHIES

EBOO PATEL is a leading voice in the movement for interfaith cooperation and the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core. He is the author of Acts of Faith, Sacred Ground and Interfaith Leadership: A Primer. Named by US News & World Report as one of “America’s Best Leaders” of 2009, Patel served on President Obama’s inaugural faith council. He is a regular contributor to the public conversation around religion in America and a frequent speaker on the topic of religious pluralism. He holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes Scholarship. For over fifteen years, Patel has worked with governments, social sector organizations, and college and university campuses to help realize a future where religion is a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division.

JENNIFER HOWE PEACE is an associate professor of interfaith studies at Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) in Newton, Massachusetts, where she codirects the Center for Interreligious and Communal Leadership Education (CIRCLE), a joint program between ANTS and the Rabbinical School at Hebrew College. She received her doctorate in the historical and cultural study of religions from the Graduate Theological Union. Peace is the founding cochair of the Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion. Author of numerous articles and essays on interfaith cooperation, she coedited My Neighbor’s Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation.

NOAH J. SILVERMAN serves as senior director of learning and partnerships at Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC). He holds an MA in religious studies from New York University and has been involved in interfaith work for over fifteen years on three continents. Prior to rejoining IFYC in 2013, he served as the associate director of the Auburn Theological Seminary Center for Multifaith Education. He has also worked for Religions for Peace at the United Nations, the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Barcelona, the Interfaith Encounter Association and the Seeds of Peace Center for Coexistence in Jerusalem, and the Tony Blair Faith Foundation in London, in addition to consulting with Hillel, the JCC Association, and dozens of colleges and universities.