Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Global Impact of Fethullah Gülen's Nur Movement (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815630158 ISBN 13: 9780815630159

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This book examines recent reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamic modernist Fethullah Gülen movement. Combining a devotion to Islam with love for modern learning, especially modern science, the Fethullah Gülen movement has gained a substantial following in Turkey over the past twenty years, and since 1991 has achieved great influence in Central Asia through the establishment of schools. Contributors explore the origins and establishment of the Gülen movement, its intellectual and religious formation, its spread across Turkey and Central Asia, and its influence on citizens outside the movement, including on leading Turkish politicians.

About this title

About the Author:

M. Hakan Yavuz is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Utah.

John L. Esposito is the founding director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and professor of religion and international affairs and Islamic studies at Georgetown University. He is the author of Islam and Politics, Fourth Edition, and Women in Muslim Family Law, Second Edition, also published by Syracuse University Press.

Review:

In this volume, twelve contributors examine Fethullah Gulen, one of Turkey's most influential Islamic thinkers, and his religious movement. -- Journal of Church and State

The editors of this timely volume on the Fethullah movement... introduce Gulen as a 'Turkish spiritual and social leader'... -- Middle East Quarterly

About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0815630158
• ISBN 13: 9780815630159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Yavuz M. Hakan, Esposito John