Johnson / Soltes Preventing Violence and Achieving World Peace

The Contributions of the Gülen Movement
800. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4539-0983-6
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 4, 0 Seiten

Reihe: Washington College Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture

How can we address the seemingly endless conflicts in the world, particularly those arising from misunderstandings of Islam by both Muslims and non-Muslims? Preventing Violence and Achieving World Peace: The Contributions of the Gülen Movement presents the essays of eight scholars who consider the diverse ways in which the Gülen Movement or hizmet ('service to others') – inspired by contemporary Turkish social philosopher Fetullah Gülen – has worked to answer this question. Drawing from various intellectual and theological sources, particularly Sufism, these essays indicate multiple instances of positive interfaith and/or multicultural dialogue. In addition, they consider how the writings of Gülen and the works of the Gülen Movement, through an extensive program of education and communication, have contributed significantly to efforts that oppose violence and shape universal peace.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Margaret A.

Soltes, Ori Z.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamismus, Fundamentalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Der Islam und die Moderne (Westliche) Welt
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religiöse Intoleranz, Verfolgung, Religionskonflikte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Akbar Ahmed: Foreword: Preventing Violence and Achieving World Peace: The Contributions of the Gülen Movement – Ori Z. Soltes/Margaret A. Johnson: Introduction: Education, Preventing Violence, World Peace, and the Gülen Movement – Ori Z. Soltes: Socrates, Violence, Education, the Gülen Movement and Peace – Heon Kim: Dialogic Humanism: Gülen's Alternative to Dialectical Thinking – Wilhelmus G.B.M. Valkenberg: Fethullah Gülen and Peace as Horizon of Tolerance and Dialogue – Imad-Ad-Dean Ahmad: The Role of Education in Achieving World Peace – Thomas Block: Fethullah Gülen and the Education of Peace: How Shared Jewish and Muslim 'Teaching Tales' Echo the Contemporary Movement – Terry Mathis: Divine Collusion – Ori Z. Soltes: Universalism in the Thought of Rumi, Kabir, Abulafia, Luria, and Merton; and the Implications for the Gülen Movement, Violence and Peace – Eileen Eppig: Fethullah Gülen's Care for All Creation as a Means to Nonviolence.

Über Autor(innen)

Ori Z. Soltes teaches theology and art history at Georgetown University. He received his BA from Haverford College, his MA from Princeton University, and his PhD from Union University. He is the author of over 215 books, articles, and essays including Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Searching for Oneness and Embracing the World: The Relationship between Fetullah Gülen, Jelaladdin Rumi and Others.
Margaret A. Johnson, a sociologist and business owner, is Senior Research Associate for the Institute for Islamic and Turkish Studies in Fairfax, Virginia. She received her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. Her current research is on peace building and Islam in the United States. She is President and CEO of Transfirex Translation Services. Recently ranked 5th in the D.C. Metro Area by the Washington Business Journal, Transfirex, Inc. is in its eleventh year of providing scientific, technical, and educational translations in over 40 languages.