THE TENSION BETWEEN SECULARISM AND ISLAM IN TURKEY

In this qualitative study, Betul Balkan examines the role of the practice of religion on the opinions of Muslim Turkish immigrants living in the Houston metropolitan area about the tension between secularism and Islam in Turkey. Drawing on in-depth interviews and participant observation at various community events, Balkan finds out how the experiences of Muslim Turkish immigrants play out in disproving the universalistic assumptions of secularization thesis.