Hizmet Means Service - Perspectives on an Alternative Path within Islam

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-520-28517-0
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 420 g

Hizmet Means Service examines Hizmet, a Turkey-based but global movement dedicated to human service. Inspired by Fethullah Gülen, a Sufi Muslim mystic, scholar, and preacher, it is an international endeavor focused on education, business, interfaith dialogue, science, and efforts to promote tolerance and understanding. One of Hizmet’s main tenets is that religious believers can hold profound beliefs and commit spiritually inspired acts of service without discriminating against or alienating people of other faiths. Even as a ruling party in Turkey has set out to undercut the movement, its international influence continues to grow and attract followers who are devoted to service.

The scholars whose work appears in this book represent a variety of disciplines, faiths, and nations and offer a wide range of narratives, analyses, and critiques. This title moves beyond mere introduction, analyzing Hizmet and the manifestations of this interfaith movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marty, Martin E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Glaubensrichtungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Introduction (Martin E. Marty)1 • Hizmet among the Most Influential Religious Movements of Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish History (Carter Vaughn Findley)2 • Who Is Fethullah Gulen? An Overview of His Life (Marcia Hermansen)3 • The Institutions and Discourses of Hizmet Culture, and Their Discontents (Jeremy F. Walton)4 • The Role of Religion in the Gülen Movement (Zeki Saritoprak)5 • Building Bridges: Gülen Pontifex (Simon Robinson)6 • Ethics in the Theory and Practice of Hizmet (Radhi H. al-Mabuk)7 • Gulen as an Educator (Tom Gage)

Über Autor(innen)

Martin E. Marty is the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is the author of over fifty books, including most recently Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison: A Biography.