Between Sacred and Secular Knowledge: Rationalities and Education of a Muslim Village in Northwest China

* Uses ethnographic approach and applies Boudon’s cognitive action theory

* Rural and ethnic minority education is one of the understudied fields in China

* Describes the local transformation of Islamic religious education in detail

*Delineates an in-depth picture of how local culture, social structure, market forces, and state affect the educational perceptions and practices of local Muslim parents and children