[Bilimsel Haber] Fethullah Gülen hk. Kasım 2012'de çıkacak yeni yayın: Hakan Yavuz, _Toward an Islamic Enlightenment_

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Toward an Islamic Enlightenment: The Gülen Movement
M. Hakan Yavuz

ISBN13: 9780199927999
ISBN10: 0199927995
Hardback, 256 pages
Nov 2012,
Oxford University Press



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 
Gülen Movement aims to disseminate a ''moderate'' interpretation of 
Islam through faith-based education. Its activities have fundamentally 
altered religious and political discourse in Turkey in recent decades, 
and its schools and other institutions have been established throughout 
Central Asia and the Balkans, as well as western Europe and North 
America. Consequently, its goals and modus operandi have come under 
increasing scrutiny around the world.

Yavuz introduces readers to the movement, its leader, its philosophies, 
and its practical applications. After recounting Gülen's personal 
history, he analyzes Gülen's theological outlook, the structure of the 
movement, its educational premise and promise, its financial structure, 
and its contributions (particularly to debates in the Turkish public 
sphere), its scientific outlook, and its role in interfaith dialogue. 
Towards an Islamic Enlightenment shows the many facets of the movement, 
arguing that it is marked by an identity paradox: despite its tremendous 
contribution to the introduction of a moderate, peaceful, and modern 
Islamic outlook -- so different from the Iranian or Saudi forms of 
radical and political Islam -- the Gülen Movement is at once liberal and 
communitarian, provoking both hope and fear in its works and influence.

Author:
M. Hakan Yavuz is Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah.



M. Hakan Yavuz
260 S. Central Campus Drive Rm 252
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

hakan.yavuz at poli-sci.utah.edu
http://www.poli-sci.utah.edu/turkish_index.html