The Art of Coexistence: Pioneering Role of Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement

The Art of Coexistence: Pioneering Role of Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement

The Art of Coexistence: Pioneering Role of Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement

The Art of Coexistence: Pioneering Role of Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement

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Overview

The global threat of war, terrorism, the increased gap between poor and rich, famine, malnutrition, global warming and pollution, and many other social and cultural problems, pose a real challenge for present citizens of the globe. Intellectuals and politicians take these challenges as their primary concerns. Despite the existence of some pessimists, there are a number of initiatives working for the common good and expending great effort to solve these problems. The Hizmet (Gulen) Movement is one of the most influential initiatives that should be taken into consideration in this context. Fethullah Gulen is a Turkish Muslim scholar whose ideas have inspired and influenced many Turkish intellectuals, educators, students, businessmen, politicians and journalists inside and outside Turkey to establish schools, educational and intercultural centers, and humanitarian aid organizations in more than one hundred fifty countries. Yucel and Albayrak cover the Hizmet Movement under the leadership of Fethullah Gulen from various perspectives in order to shed lights on current discussions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781597843461
Publisher: Tughra Books
Publication date: 04/07/2015
Pages: 235
Product dimensions: 8.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Salih Yucel is a Senior Lecturer in the  Center for Religious Studies at Monash University, Australia. He is also a consultant to Australian Intercultural Society and working on research about how dialogue can be promoted between Muslims and non-Muslims. Ismail Albayrak is a professor of Qur'anic studies at the Australian Catholic University. He taught and wrote on Qur'anic studies, classical exegesis, contemporary approaches to the Qur'an, interfaith dialogue and orientalism. He has research interests in the place of Muslim communities and their activities in a globalizing world. In November 2008, he was appointed to Fethullah Gulen Chair in the Study of Islam and Muslim-Catholic Relations at Australian Catholic University.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Part 1 Education, Dialogue, and Peace

The Hizmet Movement and Its Contribution to the Global Peace and Tolerance Ismail Albayrak 3

Muslim-Christian Dialogue: Nostra Aetate and Gülen's Philosophy of Dialogue Salih Yücel 21

Islamic Radicalism and Gulen's Response Salih Yücel 35

Challenges in Inter-Religious Dialogue: Initiatives and Activities of the Gülen (Hizmet) Movement in Turkey Ismail Albayrak 57

The Concepts of Jihad and Terror from the Perspective of Fethullah Gülen Ismail Albayrak 91

Part 2 Spirituality, Ethics, and Knowledge

Gülen as a Spiritual Leader in a Global Islamic Context Saiih Yücel 109

Istighna and Ithar: Two Forgotten Principles of Da'wah from the Perspective of the Hizmet Movement Salih Yücel 131

A Muslim Perspective on the Ethical Dimension of Life in Relation to Its Beginnings and End: With Special References to the Writings of Fethullah Gülen Ismail Albayrak 147

Gülen's Approach to Qur'anic Exegesis Ismail Albayrak 177

Bibliography 215

Index 231

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