Toward an Islamic Enlightenment: The Gülen Movement

309 Pages·2013·2.737 MB·English

by  M. Hakan Yavuz

Toward an Islamic Enlightenment
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Toward an Islamic
Enlightenment
The Gülen Movement
M . H Y
AKAN AVUZ
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Yavuz, M. Hakan.
Toward an Islamic enlightenment : Th e Gülen movement / M. Hakan Yavuz.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–19–992799–9 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Gülen, Fethullah. 2. Faith and reason—Islam. 3. Social movements—Religious aspects—Islam. I. Title.
BP80.G8Y39 2013
297.092—dc23 2012006293
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For
Becir (1928–2009) and Nedime Tanovic
and
Edibe Sözen
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Contents

Introduction: Islamic Enlightenment 3
PART ONE Man 23
1. Lives in Context 25
2. Th e Contextual Th eology of Gülen: Islamic Enlightenment 47
PART TWO Movement 69
3. Th e Structure of the Movement: Authority, Networks, and Opportunity
Spaces 71
4. Education and the Creation of a “Golden Generation” 92
5. Islamic Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism: Pietistic Activism in the
Market 117
PART THREE Meaning 131
6. Muslim Subjectivities: Islam in the Public Sphere 133
7. Secularism and Science: Gülen’s View 152
8. Th e Th eology of Interfaith Dialogue 173
9. Th e Clash of Political Visions: Th e Military and the JDP 198
10. Th e Critics of the Movement 221
Conclusion 243
Notes 249
Bibliography 277
Index 289
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