The leap of faith : lived experiences of madrasah students negotiating the transition from a religiously-homogeneous environment to a secular environment

• Main Authors: Shaik Muhammad Khairun Nabil, Nur Syahirah Mohamed Salim
• Other Authors: Muhammad Saidul Islam
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Religions::Islam; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social institutions; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Individualism, differentiation and struggle
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73718
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study utilizes the tools delineated in Pierre Bourdieu’s Habitus and Field theory, and the symbolic interactionist concept of socialization to examine how Singapore’s Madrasah students negotiate their transition from a religiously homogeneous to a secular school. Drawing on 25 interviews with e...