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