Toward an Islamic enlightenment : the Gülen movement

Toward an Islamic enlightenment : the Gülen movement / M. Hakan Yavuz.

M. Hakan Yavuz offers an insightful and wide-ranging study of the Gülen Movement, one of the most controversial developments in contemporary Islam. Founded in Turkey by the Muslim thinker Fethullah Gülen, the Gulen Movement aims to disseminate a 'moderate' interpretation of Islam through...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yavuz, M. Hakan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Gülen, Fethullah.
Gülen, Fethullah
Faith and reason > Islam.
Social movements > Religious aspects > Islam.
Social movements > Religious aspects > Islam
Faith and reason > Islam
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Table of Contents:
  • Man. Lives in context
  • The contextual theology of Gülen: Islamic enlightenment
  • Movement. The structure of the movement: authority, networks, and communal spaces
  • Education and the golden generation
  • Islamic ethics and the spirit of capitalism
  • Meaning and ideas. Islam in the public sphere
  • Secularism and science
  • Interfaith dialogue
  • The military and the JDP
  • The critics of the movement.

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