Research Catalog

Title

A dialogue of civilizations : Gulen's Islamic ideals and humanistic discourse / B. Jill Carroll.

Author

Carroll, B. Jill, 1963-

Publication

Somerset, N.J. : Light, Inc., c2007.

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Details

Description

114 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

What is the level of resonance between Islam and the West? In A Dialogue of Civilizations, Jill Carroll explores the points where the ideas of Fethullah Gülen, an influential Turkish intellectual and scholar of Islam, find echo in the context of the larger humanities. Readers will gain a fuller understanding of Gülen's thought on issues of inherent human value and dignity, freedom of thought, education, and taking responsibility for creating society and the world. Dr. Carroll establishes a textual dialogue between the works of Gülen and the texts of Confucius, Plato, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and Jean Paul Sartre. This book shows how perspectives from different times, locations, and worldviews can still find deep resonance and yield points on which to engage in dialogue. (Back cover).

Subject

• Gülen, Fethullah > Views on Islam
• 1900-1999
• Islam and humanism
• Islam > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-108) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Gulen and Kant on inherent human value and moral dignity -- Gulen and Mill on freedom -- Gulen, Confucius, and Plato on the human ideal -- Gulen, Confucius, and Plato on education -- Gulen and Sartre on responsibility -- Conclusion.

ISBN

9781597841108

LCCN

^^2007000765

OCLC

• 80019796
• SCSB-12343414

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library