The Gülen Movement

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ebaugh, Helen Rose (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Religion.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Philosophy.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Religious Studies, general.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Philosophy, general.

This is one of the first academic books about Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish scholar and preacher, and the civic movement he inspired in Turkey and ultimately throughout the world. The movement is rooted in moderate Islam and is committed to educating youth, fostering interfaith and intercultural dialog...

Table of Contents:

• Islam and the State Throughout Turkish History
• Fethullah Gülen: His Life, Beliefs and the Movement That He Inspires
• Social Organization in the Movement: The Network of Local Circles
• The Turkish-Islamic Culture of Giving*
• The Water for the Mill: Financing of Gülen-Inspired Service Projects
• Summary.