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Record Nr.

UNINA9910369918303321

Autore

Bacik Gokhan

Titolo

Islam and Muslim Resistance to Modernity in Turkey [[electronic resource] /] / by Gokhan Bacik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-25901-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages)

Disciplina

322.109561

Soggetti

Middle East—Politics and government

Religion and politics

Democracy

Globalization

Regionalism

Middle Eastern Politics

Politics and Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Chapter 1/Introduction -- 2. Chapter 2 Origins: Sunni Orthodoxy -- 3. Chapter 3 The Islamic Idea of Nature -- 4. Chapter 4 The Contested Boundaries of Turkish Islam -- 5. Chapter 5 Mapping the Cases: Official Islam and Islamic Movements -- 6. Chapter 6 The Islamic Idea of Nature in Contemporary Turkey -- 7. Conclusion/Chapter 3 Conclusion.  .

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how traditional Sunni Muslim conceptions have informed or shaped Islamization strategies in contemporary Turkey. In particular, the author proposes to examine the teaching curriculum of the Ministry of Education, which oversees Turkish public religious education; the activities and teachings of Diyanet, the constitutional organ responsible for managing all religious affairs; and the ideas and activities of three Muslim religious groups currently operating in Turkey. The monograph explains how the interpretation and practice of Islam affects various situations in the Muslim world and analyzes the concept of nature in Islam, which has been an indivisible component of



Islamic tradition since the beginning. Gokhan Bacik is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Politics and European Studies at Palacky University, Czech Republic.