Cosmopolitan theology: Fethullah Gülen and the making of a ‘Golden Generation’

Sunier, J.T.

doi:10.1080/01419870.2014.934259

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“…They do not live for themselves; they live to enable others to live" (Gülen 2010a, 89). This is a particular moral-self that must be acquired in order to raise a generation of Muslims better known as the 'Golden Generation' and is an idealised image of the perfect Muslim engaging with Islamic traditions and modernity in a new way (Kuru 2003;Sunier 2014a).…”

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“…Gülen's Outreach Activities Gülen's message has always primarily presented a spiritual rather than a political-ideological or legalistic method of interpreting Islamic sources. The central tenets of Gülen's teachings are 'peaceful coexistence' and 'dialogue' (with people who have different convictions and backgrounds), 'service' (hizmet in Turkish) to humankind, and 'responsibility and civility' (Sunier 2014a). Although these concepts belong to the standard rhetorical repertoire of many global organisations such as Amnesty International, the United Nations, and the World Peace Forum, Gülen integrates them into his theological worldview and explains them as Islamic principles.…”

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Power 41 1 Introduction 41 2 What Is a Religious Broker? 46 3 Religious Brokerage in the City of Rotterdam. A Historical Case 53 4 The Emergence of Religious Brokers 61 5 The Dissolution of Religious Brokers 65 6 Conclusions 71 2 The Politics of Imam Training: The Domestication of Islam in Europe 73 1 Introduction 73 2 The Quest for Imams 78 2.1 Initial Years 79 2.2 New Developments, New Requirements 82 2.3 Training as the Political Pivot 85 3 Training Initiatives in Europe 88 4 Assessing Imam Training in Europe: What Is at Stake? 92 4.1 The Domestication of Islam: The State as a Cultural Agent 94 5 The Politics of Imam Training: Conclusions 99

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“…(p. 2). It was, of course, such a group of young people that were also part of Gülen's vision for the creation of a "Golden Generation" (Sunier 2014) of pious Muslims who could also be fully active, contributing and holding responsibilities at all levels in all parts of Turkish society. As Haylamaz explained it, it was among such young people, as well as businesspeople who wanted to live an Islamically authentic life, that Gülen and his teaching became inspirational.…”

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Biography, Context, and Substance in Interplay

Weller

2022

Fethullah Gülen’s Teaching and Practice

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The chapter begins by identifying the specificity of the Turkish context in terms of particular balances of historical and contemporary forces in relation to which Gülen and Hizmet have had to position themselves. It shows how out of this, Gülen emerged as a distinctive scholar, teacher, and innovator, becoming differentiated from the inheritance of Said Nursi, while also drawing upon it. It discusses Gülen’s particular understanding of interplay between Islamic sources; his conscious engagement of those sources with historical and contemporary places and times; and his understanding of revelation in dynamic terms. Out of this interplay, Weller provides a range of examples of Gülen’s role as taboo-breaker in teaching and action with regard to the kind of secular-political taboos; national-cultural identity taboos; and religious boundary taboos that have otherwise had a strong and constraining hold on Turkish society.

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“…Gulen merupakan salah satu gerakan dakwah yang mengusung isu-isu kosmopolitanisme. 24 Gulen Movement mengalami pergeseran paradigma dalam dakwah. Pergeseran ini merupakan respons terhadap kondisi sosial.…”

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Paradigma Dakwah Islam Fethullah Gulen di Abad Kontemporer

Khamami

2018

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This article seeks to examine Fethullah Gulen’s da‘wah activities by which he integrates his movement into the globalized world. Despite the fact that Turkish Coup in 2016 tarnished Gulen and his movement, and scholars come to question Gulen’s intentions, Gulen’s activities are to be explored so as for Islamic movements somewhere else to emulate his success in da‘wah. This article offers a perspective using the da‘wah approach. Question under discussion in this article is as to which steps of da‘wah lead Gulen movement to be a respected Islamic movement prior to the 2016. Gulen managed to widen the da‘wah from merely conventional da‘wah such a that of preaching into educations, dialogues, and economic. It is indeed Gulen’s emotional preaching that fascinates listeners and drives them voluntarily to engage in his activities of da‘wah and to give hand to his missionary works which include building schools, TV stations, radios, hospitals, and banks. Gulen’s da‘wah in economic goes in line with his effort to broaden his influence on international level which in turn leads the movement integrated into the global economy. It is interfaith dialogue and pluralism that bring Gulen into integrating Islam with cosmopolitanism in the globalized world. Muslims no longer belong solely to ummah, but they are citizen of the globalized world.

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Cosmopolitan theology: Fethullah Gülen and the making of a ‘Golden Generation’

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Making Islam Work

Making Islam Work

Biography, Context, and Substance in Interplay

Paradigma Dakwah Islam Fethullah Gulen di Abad Kontemporer

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