The Gülen movement in Turkey : the politics of Islam and modernity /
The Gulen, or Hizmet, movement in Turkey is the country's most powerful and affluent religious organisation. Its central tenet, advanced by its founder, the charismatic Sunni preacher Fethullah Gulen (b. 1941), is that Muslims should engage positively with modernity. A prime means of advancing...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York, NY :
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,
2016.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Turkish spelling and pronunciation
- Abbreviations. Introduction. Part 1 Background : Gülen: leader and community
- A Notion spiritual framework for modernity. Part 2 Science and education : The Gülen movement's science-focused schools
- Islamic creationism in Gülenist thought
- Higher education, networking and careers in science. Part 3 The wider context : Inter cultural dialogue
- Globalisation of the movement, and Gülen in the USA
- Political influence and the AKP. Afterword. Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.