The Hizmet Movement and Peacebuilding : Global Cases.

Cover -- The Hizmet Movement and Peacebuilding -- The Hizmet Movement and Peacebuilding: Global Cases -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Hizmet Movement and Peacebuilding -- Educational Paths to Peacebuilding -- Chapter 1 -- The Resolution of Conflicts and Building Unity -- An Overview of M. FETHULLAH Gülen's Pedagogical Themes -- Interfaith and Intercultural Activity -- The Existential Dimension of Education and Upbringing -- Education for the Reconciliation of Science and Religion -- The Significance of Interreligious Dialogue -- Politics-Legislation-Peace -- Forgiveness and Tolerance -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Parallel Educational Paths to Peacebuilding -- Fethullah Gülen and the Hizmet Movement -- John Wallach and Seeds of Peace -- Conceptual and Structural Differences between the Hizmet and Seeds of Peace Programs -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Fethullah Gülen's Pedagogical Ideas and Their Practice in Central Asia -- Historical Background -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Iraqi Women of Three Generations -- Noor, Huda, Sarah, Dilin, Badrya, and Narmeem -- Hero and Shno -- Bana, Viyan, and Fayruz -- Zaynab, Houda, and Nukhsha -- Shino, Sarween, and Saniha -- Payam, Nazera, and Mina -- Schler, Halima, and Khayam -- Marina, Seza, and Vartohi -- Noor, Rita, and Victoria -- Jwan, Thuvia, and Nahida -- Hanu, Lana, and Thruva -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Overcoming "Otherness" and Living Together -- Chapter 5 -- The Violence of Identity Formation and the Case of Hizmet Exceptionalism -- Theoretical Issues -- Methodology -- Historical Context of Hizmet -- Theoretical Model -- Collective Identity Formation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Peacebuilding Initiatives in Nigeria -- Background -- The Hizmet Movement and Peace and Conflict Studies.

Understanding Christian-Muslim Conflict in Nigeria -- Introduction to the Case Study -- A Case Study Approach -- The Story -- Analysis and Conclusion -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 -- Hizmet Educational Institutions and the Kurdish Community -- Turmoil in Turkey -- Theoretical Concerns -- Who Are the Kurds? -- Gülen, Hizmet, and Kurdish Identity -- The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey -- Hizmet Educational Centers in the Kurdish Regions of Turkey: Now Closed -- Hizmet and Kurds in Iraq -- Kurdish Relationship with the Turkish State -- Kurdish Relationship with the Iraqi State -- Hizmet and its Projects in Southeast Turkey and Erbil, Iraq: Distrust and Praise -- Kurdish Hizmet Supporters in Iraq -- Exclusion and Inclusion, Suspicion and Building Trust -- Notes -- Chapter 8 -- Turkish Active Diplomacy in the Philippines as Inspired by Fethullah Gülen's Ideas -- Gülen's Movement1 and Cultural Diplomacy2 -- State of Philippine-Turkish Relations -- Development in Bilateral Relations -- Strategies Affecting Strong Cultural Relations as Inspired by Gülen -- The Pacific Dialogue Foundation -- Opportunities for the Philippines and Turkey -- Conclusion -- Notes -- The Conceptual Foundations of the Hizmet Movement's Approach to Peacebuilding -- Chapter 9 -- Fractal Complexity in Fethullah Gülen's Writings Dealing with Aspects of Peacebuilding -- Research Methodology -- Brief Descriptions of the Texts Analyzed -- Gülen Islamic-centered Peacebuilding-cluster -- Quantitative Analysis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 10 -- Service that Listens Loudly -- Hizmet Means Service -- Parallel Witnesses -- Time and Fashion -- I/It and I/Thou Education -- Return Education to the Local School in both the United States and Turkey -- Communal I/Thou Education -- International I/Thou Education -- A Personal Digression: Hizmet Needed after Two World Wars.

Hizmet beyond Turkey -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11 -- Plurality, Peacebuilding, and Islam -- Background to Peacebuilding: United nations and other Conceptions -- Gülen Optimism: Outstanding in Muslim Visions on Plurality -- Cognitive Justice and Pluralism -- Gülen Optimism and Cognitive Justice: Divergence and Convergence -- Flickering Glimmer or Radiant Glow?: Gülenist Promises in Global Peacebuilding -- Pessimism of Gülen Optimism: State and the Bounds of Islam -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Spirituality, Interfaith, and Intra-faith Engagement toward Peacebuilding -- Chapter 12 -- The Importance of the Hizmet Movement in the Process of Peacebuilding in Ethiopia -- Historical Relationship between Ethiopia and Turkey -- The Impact of War and Conflict in Ethiopia -- The Necessity and Importance of the Hizmet Movement in Ethiopia -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13 -- Paradigm of Service -- Peacebuilding-Oriented Religio-social Experiments -- Islamic Roots of the Hizmet Movement -- Buddhist Ethos of the Shramadana Movement -- Peace Proponents: Gülen and Ariyaratne -- "We Drink from Our Own Wells": A Way to Peacebuilding -- Roots of Peacebuilding and Exposure to Change -- Survival Capacity for Peacebuilding -- The Challenges for the Hizmet and Sarvodaya Movements -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 14 -- Conflict and Peacebuilding in a Multi-Religious and Multi-Ethnic State -- Background to Ethno-Religious Conflicts -- New Awareness on Religion: the Gülen Movement and Peacebuilding -- Peacebuilding in Theory and Practice -- UDF and Peacebuilding in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 15 -- Gülen, Lederach, and Peacebuilding -- Peacebuilding -- Gülen and Peacebuilding -- Islam, Conflict, and the Other -- Lederach and Peacebuilding -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.

About the Contributors.

In this collection of essays, authors from a variety of disciplines critically examine the peacebuilding implications and societal impact of the Hizmet Movement. Increased scholarly attention is being paid to the role of religion in peacebuilding theory and practice, and in particular how that is expressed in Islam and Islamic contexts.

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