{"product_id":"being-muslim-on-campus-abiya-ahmed-9780197773581","title":"Being Muslim on Campus: Religion, Inclusion, and Agency at a Secular University","description":"What does it mean to be Muslim at a university that imagines itself as secular? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on three years of immersive ethnographic research at an elite and ostensibly secular institution, \u003cem\u003e Being Muslim on Campus \u003c\/em\u003ereexamines how religion and secularity take shape within American higher education. While universities often imagine themselves as neutral spaces--either wholly secular or lately \"post-secular\"--this book reveals how Protestant norms quietly shape the very categories of religion and secularity and thus continue to structure university life and diversity on campus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough nuanced portraits of Muslim students navigating academic life, student spaces, and campus diversity initiatives, \u003cem\u003eBeing Muslim on Campus\u003c\/em\u003e shows that what passes as \"secular\" is, in fact, deeply inflected by liberal Protestant assumptions about religion--one that privileges privatization, individual belief, and voluntarism. For Muslim students whose experiences and practices often look very different, being \"religious\" on campus requires constant negotiation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOffering a compelling rethinking of religion's place and its legibility in higher education, \u003cem\u003eBeing Muslim on Campus\u003c\/em\u003e exposes how even the most inclusive institutions reproduce a Protestant legacy--and how Muslim students creatively inhabit, resist, and redefine what it means to belong. Their everyday efforts to live their faith challenge prevailing ideas about religion, secularity, and diversity on campus, inviting readers to reconsider what inclusion and pluralism truly mean in the modern university.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abiya Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197773583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197773581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Abiya Ahmed","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48852739162367,"sku":"9780197773581","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/being-muslim-on-campus-abiya-ahmed-9780197773581","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}