Brother Wayne's Identity In Acts Of Faith

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Acts of Faith common themes arise throughout Eboo tale to find himself spiritual and to find his true identity. One person who helps Eboo throughout his journey is brother wayne who helped Eboo by teaching him that it is ok to take other ideas from different religions. Brother Wayne also helped Eboo understand that you can't keep yourself in a box and that it is ok to discover other faiths while still maintaining your own faith this is one of the reasons Brother Wayne is a catholic monk and also practices buddhist and hindu ideas. Brother wayne also helped Eboo find his own identity by introducing them to interfaith and how it important it is to study other religions so that you can deepen your bond with your own, Eboo found this out by watching

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