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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797734103321

Titolo

Conversations on Fethullah Gülen and the Hizmet Movement : dreaming for a better world / / edited by Peter Barnes and Gregory Baum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-2272-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 p.)

Disciplina

297.092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Conversations on Fethullah Gülen and the Hizmet Movement: Dreaming for a Better World; 1: The Gülen (Hizmet) Movement Education Model and Interfaith/Intercultural Dialogue; Chapter One: Ethics in Engineering and Science Education: Fethullah Gülen's Model; Chapter Two: Peace Begins with You and Me; 2: The Gülen (Hizmet) Movement Spirituality Comparisons; Chapter Three: Fethullah Gülen and Fr. Basil Moreau: Sowing the Seeds for Religious Tolerance and Dialogue; Chapter Four: The Color of God

Chapter Five: Seeking the Lower Place: A Dialogue between Fethullah Gülen's Understanding of Sufism and Franciscan SpiritualityChapter Six: Weaving Spiritual Diversity to Enhance Personal and Community Growth; Chapter Seven: Fethullah Gülen: An Islamic Ethic for Contemporary Society; 3: The Dreams Shared by the Gülen (Hizmet) Movement; Chapter Eight: A Muslim and Christian Interfaith Imperative: Stewardship of Creation: Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice; Chapter Nine: Ottomanism and Fethullah Gülen: From Utopia to Reality

Chapter Ten: The Way of Dialogue and the Gülen MovementChapter Eleven: Dreaming for a Better World: Foreword to the Conference of October 24, 2009; Bibliography; Index; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The world needs vision to anticipate its potential for positive change, and that is what this book represents. While many equate faith positions with conflict, this book presents a more positive position-



based in the philosophy of Fethullah Gülen-that emphasizes the potential for collaboration of faiths while acknowledging their diversity.