The Gülen Movement in Turkey: The Politics of Islam, Science

The Gülen Movement in Turkey: The Politics of Islam, Science and Modernity

The GÃ¼len, or Hizmet, movement in Turkey is the countryâ€™s most powerful and affluent religious organisation. Its central tenet, advanced by its founder, the charismatic Sunni preacher Fethullah GÃ¼len (b. 1941), is that Muslims should engage positively with modernity. A prime means of advancing this philosophy has been education: at hundreds of GÃ¼len-run schools and universities, not only in Turkey but also worldwide, instructors aim to cultivate the next generation of Muslim bankers, biologists, software engineers and entrepreneurs. But how does the GÃ¼len movement resolve the sometimes conflicting positions of Sunni Islam and contemporary science â€“ for example, on evolutionary theory? Drawing on sustained ethnographic research conducted among GÃ¼len communities in Turkey, Caroline Tee analyses their complex attitudes towards secular modernity. She focuses on education, science research and industry to explore how pious Muslim practitioners engage in science at high levels, arguing that the GÃ¼len movementâ€™s success in this critical area of modernity has facilitated its rise to prominence in recent decades. Considered against the backdrop of Turkish politics, and particularly the acrimonious power-struggle between the GÃ¼len movement and its erstwhile ally, Turkeyâ€™s ruling AK Party, GÃ¼lenist engagement with modern science is revealed as a key source of its influence and success.

Country	USA
Author	Caroline Tee
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781784535889
ISBN	1784535885
Label	I.B.Tauris
Manufacturer	I.B.Tauris
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	272
PublicationDate	2016-12-06
Publisher	I.B.Tauris
Studio	I.B.Tauris
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Gülen Movement in Turkey: The Politics of Islam, Science and Modernity

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