Islam on Campus: Contested Identities and the Cultures of Higher Education in Britain

by Alison Scott-Baumann, Shuruq Naguib, Aisha Phoenix, et al.

Book Overview

Islam on Campus explores how Islam is represented, perceived and lived within higher education in Britain. It is a book about the changing nature of university life, and the place of religion within it. Even while many universities maintain ambiguous or affirming orientations to religious institutions for reasons to do with history and ethos, much western scholarship has presumed higher education to be a strongly secularizing force. This framing has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192844679
• ISBN13: 9780192844675
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.5"