Cover -- Praise for Islam on Campus: Contested Identities and the Cultures of Higher Education in Britain -- Islam on Campus: Contested Identities and the Cultures of Higher Education in Britain -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Muslims in the Twenty-First Century University: Higher Education and its Cultural 'Other' -- Introduction: The Segregated Seating Controversy -- Contested Histories, Contested Identities -- The Public University and the University's Publics -- The Neo-liberal University
Analysis of Findings -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3: Diversity in the Muslim Student Experience: Individual and Institutional Dimensions -- Introduction: Muslim Students in the Twenty-First Century -- Organizational Cultures in Higher Education -- The Governing Discourse -- The Social Contexts of Teaching and Learning -- The Campus Interaction Order -- The Six Case Studies -- The Universities -- Central University -- Heritage University -- Citywide University -- Greenfield Campus -- Muslim Colleges -- Olive Tree College -- City Muslim College -- Conclusions
Capturing the Gendered Diversity of Muslims on Campus -- The Politics of Dress -- Muslim Women's Negotiations of the Politics of Dress -- Muslim Men and the Politics of Dress -- Gendered Stereotypes of Muslims -- Gendered Positioning on Campus -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6: Islam and Religious Diversity on Campus: Negotiating Different Lives Together -- Introduction -- Contextualizing Religion or Belief in Universities -- Complicating 'Inter-religious' -- Experiencing Religious Diversity on Campus -- 'Gates and walls': Barriers to Inter- and Intra-religious Dialogue
Chapter 4: How is Islam Known and NotKnown on Campus? -- Knowing as Social Transformation -- Knowing and Not Knowing on Campus? -- Sources of Knowledge of Islam and Religion -- Negotiating Islam on Campus -- How do Muslims 'Do' Knowledge? -- What Conceptions of Higher Education can Islamic Knowledge Provide? -- Conclusions: Between Negotiation and Non-Negotiation, a Continuum of Knowledge of Islam on Campus -- Chapter 5: Islam and Gender on Campus -- Gendering Islam -- Situating Gender and Islam on Campus -- Muslim Women and the Hijab, Niqab, and Burqa -- Stereotyping Muslim Men
The University as a Site of Inclusion and Exclusion -- The Postcolonial University -- Caveat: Is the UK University Secular? -- The University as a Site of Heightened Risk -- Islam and the Securitization Agenda -- Conclusions: A Heightened Othering? -- Chapter 2: Ethical Agency: Researching Islam on Campus -- Introduction: Beyond Ethical Neutrality -- Positionality, Perspective, and Identity -- Ethnographically Informed Approaches -- Pre-emptive Epistemic Injustice: Author Voice and Respondent Voice -- Research Design: Islam on Campus -- The Qualitative Case Studies -- The Quantitative Survey
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This innovative study uses rich new evidence from the UK to explore university life and examine how ideas about Islam and Muslim identities are produced on campus.
Islam on Campus : Contested Identities and the Cultures of Higher Education in Britain
9780198846789
Education, Higher-- Great Britain-- History-- 21st century.
Islam-- Great Britain-- History-- 21st century.
Muslim college students-- Great Britain.
Religion and state-- Great Britain-- History-- 21st century.