Islamic schools in modern Turkey
Subtitle: faith, politics, and education
By: Iren Ozgur
Series: Cambridge Middle East studies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781107024779
Subjects: Islam and state; Islamic religious education
Description: "An analysis of Imam-Hatip schools in Turkey and how they contribute to the Islamization of the country at both the high and grassroots levels of politics"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Imam-Hatip schools within a secular state; 2. Accumulating and exhibiting habitus; 3. Agents of political socialization: influences in the communities; 4. Imam-Hatip schools, their communities, and Islamist politics; 5. Imam-Hatip schools, their communities, and Islamist civil society organizations; 6. International interest and conclusions.