Fethullah Gülen’s Teaching and Practice

Inheritance, Context, and Interactive Development

Paul Weller author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:5th May '22

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This paperback is available in another edition too:

Fethullah Gülen’s Teaching and Practice cover

This is the first book of its kind about the Turkish Muslim scholar, Fethullah Gülen, since the July 2016 events in Turkey, the trauma experienced by Gülen, and the disruption to initiatives inspired by his teaching, known as Hizmet. Drawing on primary interviews with Gülen and Hizmet participants and a literature review, this Open Access book locates the clear origins of Gülen’s teaching in the Qur’an and Sunnah in dynamic engagement with their geographical, temporal and existential reception, translation, and onward communication. It argues that as Hizmet cannot be understood apart from Gülen and his teaching, Gülen and his teaching cannot be understood apart from Hizmet, while exploring the heritage of both. A more geographically focused case study is set out in author Paul Weller’s Hizmet in Transitions: European Developments of a Turkish Muslim-Inspired Movement, also published by Palgrave Macmillan (2022).

“Weller’s book gives us insight into the views of a circle of Hizmet ad-herents, who are not afraid to be critical of the movement at times, while remaining committed, perhaps even devoted, to it. It also includes a valuable interview with Gülen himself.” (Martin Whittingham, Journal of Dialogue Studies, Vol. 10, 2022)

ISBN: 9783030973650

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

250 pages

1st ed. 2022