Being Muslim on Campus : Religion, Inclusion, and Agency at a Secular University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahmed, Abiya.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

Being Muslim on Campus explores what it is like to be Muslim at a university that sees itself as secular. Based on three years of research with Muslim students on an American campus, it argues that American higher education isn't as neutral about religion as it claims to be. Through rich stories of student life, the book reveals how Muslim students experience, challenge, and reshape the boundaries between religion and secularity, offering a new way to understand diversity and belonging in American universities.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Religion at a Secular Campus: Hidden in Plain Sight

False Secularity and Fragile Inclusion

Pluralism and DEI

Muslim Students as Critiques

Bellington University

Participants

Analytical Lenses

Chapter Overview

1 Both/And: Higher Education and the Making of "Protestant-Secularity"

Secularity

Secularity in the American Context

Secularity, Religion, and Higher Education

Origins

Religious Studies

Religious Identity (vs. Religious Beliefs)

Postsecularity

Protestant Secularity

2 Pluralism's Power: Muslim Inclusion on Protestant Terms

Pluralism on Protestant Terms

Pluralism in Civic Terms

Pluralism at BU

Religious Accommodation: "They're Great about That!"

Religious Discourse: "Swept under the rug"

Religious Encounter-Mawlid at a Church: "Wow, it's come to this"

Conclusion: Pluralism's Power

3 Privatization in Public: Protestant Logics and (In)Visible Religion

Campus Discursive Structure

MSAs, Revivalism, and Secularism

Disruption vs. Privatization

Gender in the American Muslim Context

Privatization on the Liberal End

MSA Elections and Friday Prayer

Privatization on the Conservative End

Conclusion: What Religious Privatization Reveals

4 Personalization of Faith: Outside the "Protestant-Secular" Box

Religious Individualism and College Students

Disaggregated Religious Individualism

Idris

Idris's Personalization

Amira

Amira's Personalization

Amani

Amani's Personalization

Conclusion

What Now?

Acknowledgments

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780197773604

OCLC:

1591537486