Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gülen Movement

Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gülen Movement

Yavuz, M. Hakan
Esposito, John

Hardcover

Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East

IslamGeneral World HistoryTurkey & Ottoman Empire History

ISBN10: 0815630158
ISBN13: 9780815630159
Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
Published: Nov 1 2003
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.31
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.70
Language: English

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.

1 different editions

Also available

Also in

Turkey & Ottoman Empire History

View All