The Gülen Movement

This is a book about Fethullah GA1/4len, a Turkish scholar and preacher, and the movement that he inspired in Turkey and ultimately throughout the world. During the decades of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, he preached to large crowds in mosques and public places throughout Turkey and wrote hundreds of...

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Main Author: Ebaugh, Helen Rose (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Dordrecht Springer Science+Business Media B. V 2010
In:Year: 2010
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gülen, Fethullah 1938-2024 / Social movement / Religious movement
Further subjects:B Social Sciences
B Religion (General)
B Sociology
B Regional planning
B Anthropology
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Summary:This is a book about Fethullah GA1/4len, a Turkish scholar and preacher, and the movement that he inspired in Turkey and ultimately throughout the world. During the decades of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, he preached to large crowds in mosques and public places throughout Turkey and wrote hundreds of newspaper columns, articles and books espousing his ideas. Gradually, many Turks from all walks of life responded to his ideas of education, modernization, positive relationships with the West and interfaith dialog by establishing dormitories, university preparatory courses and schools in which qu
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:1402098944
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9894-9