Symposium on Gülen and Erasmus Published in Book
Papers presented at the "Erasmus and Gülen: Inspiration for Peace and Dialogue" symposium, organized by the Dialoog Academie and Huis van Erasmus in October of last year, have been compiled into a book.
Former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt says in his introductory article for the book that the symposium shows how close the stance of Fethullah Gülen, an Islamic scholar, and Desiderius Erasmus is despite clear differences in their thinking.
"There are 500 years between these distinguished thinkers. During these years the world has changed drastically. Deep analyses handled in the symposium and included in this book are very valuable in every respect. Papers in this book show that education, instrumental in forming tolerance and similar values and whose sources are peace and respect, is required in every place and in every time period," van Agt noted, underlining similarities between a Christian humanist thinker such as Erasmus and an Islamic scholar such as Gülen, adding that the values they share, including peace and tolerance, will enlighten the road of today's societies, which face serious problems.
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