Title Agents of God : boundaries and authority in Muslim and Christian schools / Jeffrey Guhin

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (296 pages) Summary Based on a year and a half of ethnographic observation and interviews with teachers and students at four high schools in the New York City area - two of them Sunni Muslim and two Evangelical Christian -, sociologist Jeffrey Guhin argues that these schools use politics, gender, sex, and the internet to separate themselves from the rest of America, a country they view as both a promise and a threat. In examining these boundaries, he describes how the schools use scripture, prayer, and science as a means of maintaining their authority over the students' lives Notes Also issued in print: 2021 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Specialized Notes Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 18, 2020) Subject Religious education -- New York (State) -- New York Religious education -- Social aspects Islamic religious education -- New York (State) -- New York Christian education -- New York (State) -- New York Christian education. Islamic religious education. Religious education. Religious education -- Social aspects. New York (State) -- New York. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190244767 (ebook) 0190244763 (ebook)

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