(2010) The Giilen Movement: A Sociological Analysis of a Civic Movement Rooted in Moderate Islam

摘要

Professor Ebaugh is based at the Department of Sociology of the University of Texas, Houston. The idea for this book came to her when she was asked to be a keynote speaker at the International Harran Conference (Sweden) on interfaith dialogue, sponsored by the Swedish Ambassador to Turkey. At this conference she was introduced to the Giilen Movement, a movement based on the philosophy of Fethullah Gulen, an Imam who is now based in the United States. Particularly after 9/11 people started to wonder where the voice of the moderate Muslims was. The Giilen Movement promotes itself as representing that voice.