Between Thought and Action: An Intellectual Biography of Fethullah Glen
Autor Ori Z Soltesen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 mai 2022
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781682060315
ISBN-10: 1682060314
Pagini: 292
Dimensiuni: 153 x 229 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Blue Dome Inc
Colecția Blue Dome Inc
ISBN-10: 1682060314
Pagini: 292
Dimensiuni: 153 x 229 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Blue Dome Inc
Colecția Blue Dome Inc
Recenzii
With an encyclopedic understanding of Fethullah Glen, erudite empathy, and rarely documented in-sights, Soltes sorts out the tensions between secular and spiritual values shaping modern Turkey. From the woods of Pennsylvania to the mezzin's call from the minaret of the newly established Grand Mosque [Hagia Sophia] of today's Istanbul, we are swept into the narrative of Anatolia of past and present. As a historical interpreter of golden threads binding the Hizmet movement, he reveals the difficult path-ways for approaching Man and God. Soltes' refined narrative spans the origins of Ottoman-Turkish politi-cal hegemony from the Great Powers era to the quarrelsome realities of the moment. Along the way, Soltes voice engages in a respectful quest for dialogue, harmony and faith-based humanity. -- Philip Eliasoph, PhD, Professor of Art History & Visual Culture Fairfield University, CT
For those familiar with the Hizmet movement and those not, Ori Soltes has laid out a broad and concise overview of Fethullah Glen and the movement. He describes Glens fascinating spiritual and intellectu-al journey and his idea of civic Islam to serve the community. Perhaps the most moving section of the book is the chapter with seventy plus interviews of Glens followers, sympathizers, and those who col-laborate with hizmets community work of dialog and service. These real-life testimonies and many others from around the world have converted one-time skeptics like Soltes (and myself) into true believers. The last section of Soltes excellent book assesses Erdoğans authoritarian war on Glen, which Erdoğan takes to such an obsessive extreme as to severely damage Turkeys civil society and reverse its gains, in-cluding the shuttering of hizmet schools, medical facilities, and eleemosynary projects. -- James C. Harrington, Founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project and author of Wrestling with Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey: The Political Trials and Times of Fethullah Glen.
This is a compelling, thoroughly-researched and presented portrait of a Turkish-Sufi sage of our times. A charismatic yet modest figure who has inspired a large international charitable and educational organiza-tion called Hizmet, Fethullah Glen and his movement have become a target of what appears to be an unwarranted vicious campaign by the current Turkish government, for reasons that remain unclear. Soltes, a Georgetown University-based scholar with dozens of books under his belt, has interviewed nu-merous individuals in places ranging from the Republic of Georgia to Australia and the United States, and has also met several times with Glen himself. He traces how Glens Hizmet movement emerged out of a Sufi-influenced civil and cultural school of Islam that does not seek political power, transforming focus on the future of Turkish Muslims into concern for all of humanity and our planet. -- Dr. Alex S. Kohav, Department of Philosophy Metropolitan State University of Denver, Author of Mysticism and Experience
A timely and important book focusing on the contributions to modern Islam of one of the most im-portant Islamic theologians of the late 20th and early 21st century. Glen's Sufi-inspired thought and the Hizmet movement, which it has served to shape, are critical components of an Islamic theology that is faithful to the origins of Islam at the time of the Prophet while adapting them to fit our modern, pluralistic world. Ori Soltess book is a must for anyone who wishes to understand ways in which Islamic ideas and values can be leveraged to benefit all in our interconnected world. -- Zeki Saritoprak, PhD, Author of Islam's Jesus and Islamic Spirituality: Faith and Practice for the Modern World, Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, John Carroll University
Ori Soltes brings to this new volume on Fethullah Glen over a decade of research, and it shows. Soltes' gift is to synthesize perspectives, and then to integrate them with his own extensive interviews and in-sights. He clearly confronts the slanders that accuse Glen of being a terrorist, and he helps to situate G-len and the movement he has inspired accurately within the broader currents of Islamic theology and cul-ture. This book is a gift to anyone desiring to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the thought of Fethullah Glen and the global Hizmet community. -- Jon Pahl, author of Fethullah Glen: A Life of Hizmet--Why a Muslim Scholar in Pennsylvania Matters to the World
For those familiar with the Hizmet movement and those not, Ori Soltes has laid out a broad and concise overview of Fethullah Glen and the movement. He describes Glens fascinating spiritual and intellectu-al journey and his idea of civic Islam to serve the community. Perhaps the most moving section of the book is the chapter with seventy plus interviews of Glens followers, sympathizers, and those who col-laborate with hizmets community work of dialog and service. These real-life testimonies and many others from around the world have converted one-time skeptics like Soltes (and myself) into true believers. The last section of Soltes excellent book assesses Erdoğans authoritarian war on Glen, which Erdoğan takes to such an obsessive extreme as to severely damage Turkeys civil society and reverse its gains, in-cluding the shuttering of hizmet schools, medical facilities, and eleemosynary projects. -- James C. Harrington, Founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project and author of Wrestling with Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey: The Political Trials and Times of Fethullah Glen.
This is a compelling, thoroughly-researched and presented portrait of a Turkish-Sufi sage of our times. A charismatic yet modest figure who has inspired a large international charitable and educational organiza-tion called Hizmet, Fethullah Glen and his movement have become a target of what appears to be an unwarranted vicious campaign by the current Turkish government, for reasons that remain unclear. Soltes, a Georgetown University-based scholar with dozens of books under his belt, has interviewed nu-merous individuals in places ranging from the Republic of Georgia to Australia and the United States, and has also met several times with Glen himself. He traces how Glens Hizmet movement emerged out of a Sufi-influenced civil and cultural school of Islam that does not seek political power, transforming focus on the future of Turkish Muslims into concern for all of humanity and our planet. -- Dr. Alex S. Kohav, Department of Philosophy Metropolitan State University of Denver, Author of Mysticism and Experience
A timely and important book focusing on the contributions to modern Islam of one of the most im-portant Islamic theologians of the late 20th and early 21st century. Glen's Sufi-inspired thought and the Hizmet movement, which it has served to shape, are critical components of an Islamic theology that is faithful to the origins of Islam at the time of the Prophet while adapting them to fit our modern, pluralistic world. Ori Soltess book is a must for anyone who wishes to understand ways in which Islamic ideas and values can be leveraged to benefit all in our interconnected world. -- Zeki Saritoprak, PhD, Author of Islam's Jesus and Islamic Spirituality: Faith and Practice for the Modern World, Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, John Carroll University
Ori Soltes brings to this new volume on Fethullah Glen over a decade of research, and it shows. Soltes' gift is to synthesize perspectives, and then to integrate them with his own extensive interviews and in-sights. He clearly confronts the slanders that accuse Glen of being a terrorist, and he helps to situate G-len and the movement he has inspired accurately within the broader currents of Islamic theology and cul-ture. This book is a gift to anyone desiring to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the thought of Fethullah Glen and the global Hizmet community. -- Jon Pahl, author of Fethullah Glen: A Life of Hizmet--Why a Muslim Scholar in Pennsylvania Matters to the World
Notă biografică
Ori Z Soltes teaches at Georgetown University across a range of disciplines, from art history and theology to philosophy and political history. He is the former Director of the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, and has curated more than 85 exhibitions there and in other venues across the country and overseas. He has authored or edited 25 books and several hundred articles and essays.