Visible Islam in Modern Turkey

• Utgivningsdatum: 2000-06-21
• Mått: 140 x 216 x 19 mm
• Vikt: 494 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Library of Philosophy and Religion
• Antal sidor: 259
• Upplaga: 2000
• Förlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• ISBN: 9780333776704

• Islam
• Religion: allmänt

ADIL ÖZDEMIR is a Member of the Faculty, Department of Basic Islamic Disciplines, Theological School, Dokuz Eylül, Izmir, Turkey. He served in Turkey's Department of Religious Affairs as a local religious functionary for four years before his academic career. In 1979-80 he won a scholarship to study at Al-Azhar University in Cairo. In 1986-87 Adil was a visiting scholar at Harvard University's Center for the Study of World Religions. Then in 1994-95, as an interpreter of Islam, he was invited to tour several seminaries of the United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ in the USA. KENNETH FRANK is a missionary of the Common Global Ministries Board of the United Church of Christ/Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the USA. He has had extensive cross-cultural experience, including eight years of educational work in Zambia in the 1970s and in Turkey since 1982. He is currently serving as a mathematics instructor at the Izmir Amerikan Lisesi (American Collegiate Institute) in Izmir, Turkey.

'It is the authors' unique blend of scholarship, personal experience, and spirituality that give the book its lasting validity.' - Anna G. Edmonds, International Journal of Middle East Studies 'Enriched with data and insights, this book appeals to a variety of circles, both secular and traditional, and offers a platform on which to have dialogue and reconciliation.' - The Middle East '...a useful, clearly written account of Islam in modern Turkey.' - Glenn Yocum, MESA Bulletin

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