Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gülen MovementM. Hakan Yavuz, John L. Esposito In the first book of its kind, M. Hakan Yavuz and John L. Esposito explore recent reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamist modernist Fethullah Gülen movement. As one of the most significant religious movements to emerge in Turkey in the past fifty years, the Gülen movement combines a devotion to Islam with love for modern learning. especially modern science. This groundbreaking work focuses on and explains the nexus of complex historical and political developments that have contributed to the transformation of Islam in Tukey and to the movement's sphere of influence stretching into the Balkans and central Asia through the establishment of schools outside Turkey. The book cogently traces the origin of Gülen's ideology and his early efforts to propagate his views through educational activities. It details the various strategies employed by Gülen's followers to put his ideas into practice, both in Turkey and around the world. Contributors describe its intellectual and religious formation, its spread across Turkey and Central Asia, and its influence on citizens outside the movement, including leading Turkish politicians. |
Contents
Islam in the Public Sphere The Case of the Nur Movement | xxxv |
The Giilen Movement The Turkish Puritans | 17 |
The Giilen Movements Islamic Ethic of Education | 46 |
Fethullah Giilen as Educator | 66 |
Following in the Footsteps of Fethullah Giilen Three Women Teachers Tell Their Stories | 75 |
Fethullah Giilens Search for a Middle Way Between Modernity and Muslim Tradition | 99 |
Diaspora and Stability Constitutive Elements in a Body of Knowledge | 115 |
Fethullah Gulen A Sufi in His Own Way | 140 |
The Making of Enemy and Friend Fethullah Giilens NationalSecurity Identity | 154 |
National Loyalties and International Undertakings The Case of the Giilen Community in Kazakhstan | 168 |
Ijtihad and Taj did by Conduct The Gulen Movement | 192 |
Fethullah Gulen Transcending Modernity in the New Islamic Discourse | 222 |
About Declarations | 235 |
References | 241 |
Index | 259 |
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