Second International Conference on Islam in the Contemporary World: The Fethullah Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice
The Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Texas; the Graduate Program in Religious Studies, Dedman College, Southern Methodist University; and the Office of the Chaplain at Southern Methodist University are sponsoring a conference at on the activities of Fethullah Gülen and their contributions to interfaith dialogue, tolerance, and education. The conference will be held March 4-5, 2006 at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
Objective
The conference aims to explore the appeal, meaning, and impact of Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen movement on Turkish, regional, and – increasingly – global societies.
Conference Themes
The following possible themes are the range of issues that paper proposers will address. Fethullah Gülen's and the Gülen movement's views and practices related to the:
- teaching and interpretation of Islamic principles and issues
- interpretation of the Qur'an, roles and relationships of science, reason, faith, and religion
- Sufism
- Turkish "Muslimness"
- education in contemporary societies
- interfaith and intercultural dialogue, tolerance and peace
- understanding of the historical dynamics and references of tolerance, multiculturalism and the Ottoman example
- terrorism, coercion, and violence
- jihad
- the resolution of social, ethnic, and religious conflict in the modern world, and democracy
- inculcating faith by teaching (tabligh) and by example (tamsil)
- approaches to universal ethical values
- Turkey's coexistence with or integration into the European Union
- the changing role of women in society and in public life.
Conference and Social Activities
Conference receptions for the participants, special guests and hosts will take place on the evening of March 3 and March 4. Travel and accommodations expenses of the invited presenters including airport pick-ups, meals, and organized sight-seeing trips will be met by the organizing committee.
Conference Coordinator
For further information please refer to the web page: www.fethullahgulenconference.org or contact the coordinator:
Coordinator, Dallas 2006 Conference
The Institute of Interfaith Dialog
5905 Winsome Ln. #200
Houston, Texas 77057 USA
Tel: +1 713 974 4443 Fax: +1 713 974 4445
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