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Zusatztext Tittensor s work is a key contribution to the growing critical scholarship on this global Muslim movement and a reasonable defense of the legitimacy of its approach to da'wa. Informationen zum Autor David Tittensor has a PhD in Politics from Monash University, Australia, and is presently Research Fellow at the Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University. His research interests include transnational Muslim movements, Turkish Politics and Society, Faith Based Organizations and Development. Klappentext David Tittensor offers a groundbreaking new perspective on the Gülen movement, a Turkish Muslim educational activist network that emerged in the 1960s and has grown into a global empire with an estimated worth of $25 billion Zusammenfassung David Tittensor offers a groundbreaking new perspective on the Gülen movement, a Turkish Muslim educational activist network that emerged in the 1960s and has grown into a global empire with an estimated worth of $25 billion Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations Note on Transliteration and Turkish Pronunciation Introduction PART ONE: The Gülen Movement in Context 1. Islam in Turkey: Continuities in Spite of Change 2. All is Not What it Seems: A Critical Appraisal of Modern Turkey 3. The Development of a Vision PART TWO: The Gülen Movement in Practice 4. Voices from Within, Voices from Without: Movement Teachers and Students Speak for Themselves 5. Divergence Between the Mission and the Message: Interrogation of a Double Standard 6. Placing the Gülen Movement in the Global Order: The Need for a New Typology Conclusion - A Singular Movement with a Modern Day Mission Notes Bibliography Index
