Towards an Islamic enlightenment
Subtitle: the Gülen movement
By: M. Hakan Yavuz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford; New York [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780199927999
Subjects: Faith and reason; Islam; Social movements
Description: 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 faith-based education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Man. Lives in context; title: The contextual theology of Gülen: Islamic enlightenment; title: Movement. The structure of the movement: authority, networks, and communal spaces; title: Education and the golden generation; title: Islamic ethics and the spirit of capitalism; title: Meaning and ideas. Islam in the public sphere; title: Secularism and science; title: Interfaith dialogue; title: The military and the JDP; title: The critics of the movement.