EAN: 9783319505046

THE GÜLEN MOVEMENT - SALIH CINGILLIOGLU GEBUNDEN

This book presents findings from research into one of the world's most influential Islamic
movements  the Gülen Movement  from the perspective of social transformation through adult
education. At the core of research questions lies how the movement enrolls volunteers from all
walks of life and transforms them to adopt its aims at the expense of their individual ideals.
The book reveals the socio-psychological mechanisms that make such transformation possible by
looking at how followers integrate weekly lectures and discussions on the theory and practice
of Islam into their personal and social lives. The Gülen Movement offers a moderate
interpretation of Islam and stresses the vitality of establishing communication with the
members of all faiths. This book provides a window into how and why religion may roll into
extremism by presenting findings from an opposite perspective: the participants in the research
all define themselves as truly pious but do not even imply an act of violence in tens of hours
of interviews. In short  the book weaves the strands of Islamic  movement  and adult education
into a unified whole and limns the snapshot of a social movement  offering a comprehensive
discussion of the role of adult education within the movement  as well as its transformative
potential and its wider social and political implications.

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