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by Alison Scott-Baumann (Author), Mathew Guest (Author), Shuruq Naguib (Author)
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 resulted in religion often being marginalized or ignored as a cultural irrelevance by the university sector. However, recent times have seen higher education increasingly drawn into political discourses that problematize religion
in general, and Islam in particular, as an object of risk.
Author Biography
Alison Scott-Baumann, Professor of Society and Belief and Associate Director Research (Impact and Public Engagement), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Mathew Guest, Professor in the Sociology of Religion, Durham University, Shuruq Naguib, Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Lancaster University, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Assistant Professor and Research Group Lead for Faith and Peaceful Relations, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, Aisha Phoenix, Post-Doctoral Researcher, SOAS University of London
Dr Alison Scott-Baumann is Professor of Society and Belief and Associate Director of Research (Impact and Public Engagement) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, UK. Dr Mathew Guest is Professor in the Sociology of Religion in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University, UK, where he has taught since 2004. Dr Shuruq Naguib is a Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Lancaster University, UK and Associate Editor of the Encyclopaedia of the Qur'?n Online (Brill). Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor is a Feminist Sociologist of Religion. She is Assistant Professor and Research Group Lead for Faith and Peaceful Relations at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK. Dr Aisha Phoenix was the postdoctoral researcher on the Re/presenting Islam on Campus research project based at SOAS University of London. Her current research is on colourism.
