In partnership with the Contending Modernities initiative, the University of Notre Dame Press is proud to announce the publication of a new title in the Contending Modernities series: Youth, Education, and Islamic Radicalism: Religious Intolerance in Contemporary Indonesia by Mun’im Sirry, associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.
Youth, Education, and Islamic Radicalism offers groundbreaking analysis of religious intolerance and radicalization among high school and university students in modern-day Indonesia. “Youth, Education, and Islamic Radicalism addresses a burning question that is on the mind of educators, parents, psychologists, religious leaders, and politicians across the world: How, where, and why do young Muslim adults get radicalized?” says Pieternella van Doorn-Harder, author of Women Shaping Islam. “Focusing on the situation in Indonesia, Sirry provides an in-depth analysis of the complex interactions between a student’s background, environment, culture, and education and the influence of peer pressure and teachers.”
The book presents nuanced explanations as to why one person becomes radicalized while another does not, calling into question the common assumption that religious radicalism is directly connected to terrorism.
Youth, Education, and Islamic Radicalism is available for sale directly from the University of Notre Dame Press at undpress.nd.edu or wherever books are sold.
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