Agents of God: Boundaries and Authority in Muslim and Christian Schools

Based on a year and a half of ethnographic observation and interviews with teachers and students atfour high schools in the New York City area -- two of them Sunni Muslim and two EvangelicalChristian --, sociologist Jeffrey Guhin argues that these schools use politics, gender, sex, and theinternet t...

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Auteur principal: Guhin, Jeffrey (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford Oxford University Press USA- OSO 2020
Dans:Année: 2020
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B New York, NY / Mouvement évangélique / Sunnites / École confessionnelle / Éducation religieuse
Sujets non-standardisés:B Islamic religious education-New York (State)-New York
B Electronic books
B Religious education-Social aspects
B Religious education-New York (State)-New York
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:Based on a year and a half of ethnographic observation and interviews with teachers and students atfour high schools in the New York City area -- two of them Sunni Muslim and two EvangelicalChristian --, sociologist Jeffrey Guhin argues that these schools use politics, gender, sex, and theinternet to separate themselves from the rest of America, a country they view as both a promise and athreat. In examining these boundaries, he describes how the schools use scripture, prayer, andscience as a means of maintaining their authority over the students' lives.
cover -- Half title -- Blank -- Agents of God -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Authority and Essence -- 2. Politics and Public Schools -- 3. Differently Differentiating Gender -- 4. Sex and the Internet -- 5. Scripture as External Authority -- 6. Prayer as External Authority -- 7. Science as External Authority -- 8. It's Dangerous Out There -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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ISBN:0197542999