Agents of God
Author | : Jeffrey Guhin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2021 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190244743 |
ISBN-13 | : 0190244747 |
Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Download or read book Agents of God written by Jeffrey Guhin and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.