Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gulen Movement - Hardcover

Yavuz, M. Hakan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9756571683 ISBN 13: 9789756571682

Verlag: Syracuse, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Syracuse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9756571683
• ISBN 13: 9789756571682
• Einband: Hardcover
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