How does someone raised in a Muslim household convert to Catholicism? What did the pagans think of manual labor? Why found a Catholic trade school? Join us as New Polity editor Jacob Imam shares his insights on conversion, work, and the trades.
 

 
Jacob Imam was born into a Muslim home and converted to Catholicism under the guidance of his godfather, Walter Hooper (C.S. Lewis’s personal secretary). An editor at New Polity, he graduated from the University of Oxford as a Marshall scholar with his master’s and doctorate, writing his dissertation on theology and economics. A popular speaker and writer on politics and economics, Imam has appeared on Pints with Aquinas, Fox News, and other media outlets. Imam is the founder and Provost of the College of St. Joseph the Worker, which combines a Catholic liberal arts education with the practicality of training in a skilled trade. He and his wife, Alice, have three young children.