Hizmet in Transitions

In this open-access monograph, Paul Weller explores how the movement known as Hizmet (meaning service) is undergoing a period of transitions in Europe. Inspired by the teaching and practice of the Turkish Islamic scholar, Fethullah Gülen, Hizmet has been active in Europe (and other continents) for several decades. It has always been subject to some degree of contestation, which has intensified following the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, for which the current Turkish government holds Fethullah Gülen and Hizmet as responsible a claim they strongly deny. In Turkey, thousands of people associated with Hizmet have been imprisoned. In Europe, pressures have been brought to bear on the movement and its activities. In charting a way forward, Hizmet finds itself in a significant transitional period, the nature and possible future trajectories of which are explored in this volume. The book is informed by a comprehensive literature review and a recent research project which includes primary research interviews with key Hizmet figures in Europe and beyond. It contends that to properly understand Hizmet in Europe, one has to situate it in its interactive engagement both with its diverse European national contexts and with Fethullah Gülen's teaching and practice.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Informed by interviews with Hizmet participants from Europe, the United Kingdom, and beyond Analyses and evaluates the past, present, and possible future trajectories of the Hizmet movement in Europe Based on research conducted since the 2016 events in Turkey

Autorentext

Paul Weller is Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow in Religion and Society at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, from which base he conducted the research that informs this book, and where is he is Associate Director (UK) of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture and an Associate Member of the University's Faculty of Theology and Religion.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Turkish Origins and Development.- Chapter 3: Hizmet in European Hijrah.- Chapter 4: Pivotal Issues in Pivotal Times.- Chapter 5: New Foci for Old Questions.- Chapter 6: Continuing Values, Different Expressions and Future Trajectories.