The Fethullah Gülen Movement-I
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A international conference entitled "Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice" was held at The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice University of Houston on 12-13 November 2005. Below are full texts of the conference papers. A .pdf version of the papers as a whole can be found at conference's web site.

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The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice University, the A. D. Bruce Religion Center University of Houston and the Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Texas, are sponsoring a conference on the activities of Fethullah Gülen and contributions to interfaith dialogue, tolerance, and education.
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1 Defending Religious Diversity and Tolerance in America Today Loye Ashton
2 The Philosophy of Islamic Education: Classical Views and M. Fethullah Gulen's Perspectives Asma Afsaruddin
3 Discursive and Organizational Strategies of the Gülen Movement Bekim Agai
4 Fethullah Gülen: A Vision of Transcendent Education Charles Nelson
5 Mobilization and Countermobilization: The Gülen Movement in Turkey Muhammed Cetin
6 Understandings of "Community" within the Gülen Movement Marcia Hermansen
7 The Women's Side of the Coin: The Gulen Movement in America, a New Turkish American Community Taking Root Maria F. Curtis
8 "Religions, Globalisation and Dialogue in the 21st Century. Fethullah Gülen and Arnold J. Toynbee: A Comparative Conversation with Contemporary Realities" Paul Weller
9 Fethullah Gülen's Contribution to Muslim-Christian Dialogue in the Context of Abrahamic Cooperation Pim Valkenberg
10 A Movement of Volunteers Dr. Serif Ali Tekalan
11 Tolerance Is Love: Gülen, Ghazali, and Rûmî Jane B. Schlubach
12 Organizing the Organization, Educating the Educators: An Examination of Fethullah Gülen's Teaching and the Membership of the Movement Ruth Woodhall
13 Progressive Islamic Thought, Civil Society and the Gulen Movement in the National Context: Parallels With Indonesia Dr. Greg Barton
14 'An Absent Influence? The Nurcu/Fetullah Gulen Movements in Turkish Islam and Their Potential Influence Upon European Islam and Global Education' Dr. Ian G.Williams
15 Gülen and Sufism Mustafa Gokcek
 

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