{"product_id":"9781441158734","title":"Muslim World and Politics in Transition Creative Contributions of the Gülen Movement","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMuslim World and Politics in Transition\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCreative Contributions of the Gülen Movement\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGreg Barton | Paul Weller | Ihsan Yilmaz\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Islam \/ Rituals \u0026amp; Practice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a leading movement in contemporary Turkey with a universal educational and inter-faith agenda, the Gülen movement aims to promote creative and positive relations between the West and the Muslim world and to articulate a critically constructive position on such issues as democracy, multi-culturalism, globalisation, and interfaith dialogue in the context of secular modernity. \u003cbr\u003eMany countries in the predominantly Muslim world are in a time of transition and of opening to democratic development of which the so-called \"Arab Spring\" has seen only the most recent and dramatic developments. Particularly against that background, there has been a developing interest in \"the Turkish model\" of transition from authoritarianism to democracy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Muslim World and Politics in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e includes chapters written by international scholars with expertise in relation to the contexts that it addresses. It discusses how the Gülen movement has positioned itself and has sought to contribute within societies – including the movement's home country of Turkey – in which Muslims are in the majority and Islam forms a major part of the cultural, religious and historical inheritance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe movement and initiatives inspired by the Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen began in Turkey, but can now be found throughout the world, including in both Europe and in the 'Muslim world'. Bloomsbury has a companion volume edited by Paul Weller and Ihsan Yilmaz on \u003ci\u003eEuropean Muslims, Civility and Public Life: Perspectives on and From the Gulen Movement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Barton \u003c\/b\u003eis the Herb Feith Research Professor for the Study of Indonesia, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Weller\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Inter-Religious Relations at the University of Derby and Visiting Fellow in the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIhsan Yilmaz \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Political Science at Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 December 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781441158734\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331287318668,"sku":"9781441158734","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_bb6a87e7-df55-4fd8-8d6d-081c8016b1b9.jpg?v=1783595689","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781441158734","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}