While there is growth in interest among scholars to understand how religion intersects with the academic lives of students, there is room to explore whether/how religious higher education institutions influence and (re)produce knowledge, what the challenges faced by these institutions are, and how they envision the ways forward, particularly in the post-COVID-19 pandemic reimagination and reformation of the world.
This Special Issue aims to speak to these current debates and go beyond them, particularly from a global perspective, by featuring empirical research papers, reviews of research studies, theoretical/conceptual discussions, and technical reports. The Special Issue’s broad goals are to explore whether/how religion is an important factor in higher education/student affairs, how to (re)conceptualize religion and the ways in which it is negotiated at institutional levels with other pervasive factors like globalization, and to highlight interventions and innovations in knowledge (re)production and dissemination—all from an international and comparative education perspective.