Gülen-Inspired Hizmet in Europe

This book discusses the Western journey of a contemporary Muslim movement initiated by Fethullah Gülen in Turkey in the 60s. Although its participants are a small and often less visible group among the Muslim minorities in Western countries, they are very active in social life. This study provides a broad presentation of a group of Turkish Muslims.

Gürkan Çelik, Professor of Cross-Cultural Entrepreneurship at Inholland University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Johan Leman, Emeritus Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Social Sciences at KU Leuven University, Belgium. Karel Steenbrink, Emeritus Professor of Intercultural Theology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Contents: Karel Steenbrink: Fethullah Gülen, Hizmet, and Gülenists. A Bibliographical Essay – Pim Valkenberg: The Intellectual Format of the Hizmet Movement. A Discourse Analysis – Thomas Michel: Theological Keywords of M. Fethullah Gülen – Gürkan Çelik/Karel Steenbrink: Ethical Priorities of Gülen. The True Middle Road – Helen Rose Ebaugh: Financial Dimension of the Gülen-Inspired Projects – Do?u Ergil/Gürkan Çelik: The Socio-Political Dimension of the Gülen Movement – Maria F. Curtis: Diasporic Faith, Faith in Diaspora. Turkish Women’s Public Spheres Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow – Johan Leman: Belgium’s Gülen Hizmet Movement. History, Structures and Initiatives – Ercan Karakoyun/Karel Steenbrink: The Hizmet Movement and the Integration of Muslims in Germany – Karel Steenbrink: Gülen in the Netherlands between Pious Circles and Social Emancipation – Erkan Toguslu: Hizmet in France. Negotiation of Multiple Identities in a Secular Context – Paul Weller: The Gülen Movement in the United Kingdom – Bekir Ç?nar: Turkish Schools and More. Hizmet Networks in the Balkans – Gürkan Çelik/Johan Leman/Karel Steenbrink: Concluding Reflections. Inhaltsverzeichnis