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12/11/2024

Between Thought and Action: An Intellectual Biography of Fethullah Gulen

This volume delves into the life and thought of Fethullah Gülen, highlighting his dedication to education, peace-building, and fostering civic Islam as a counter to the harsher aspects of political Islam. It showcases the transformative impact of his initiatives—schools and social services that unite people across diverse backgrounds. Additionally, the book refutes accusations against Gülen by Erdoğan’s regime, emphasizing Gülen’s commitment to improving humanity and combating its darker tendencies. Insights from over 70 interviews enrich this exploration, offering a comprehensive view of the Hizmet movement’s mission to serve and uplift the world.
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11/27/2024

First Scientist: Ibn al-Haytham

Award-winning author Bradley Steffens introduces Ibn al-Haytham in this first full biography ever written about him. Though not a household name as far as the history of science goes, with his major contributions going largely unnoticed and uncredited, Ibn al-Haytham, who lived a thousand years ago, is finally being recognized as the world’s first true scientist.

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11/08/2024

Between Thought and Action: An Intellectual Biography of Fethullah Gulen by Ori Z. Soltes

Explore the life, philosophy, and impact of Fethullah Gulen, a prominent thinker and spiritual leader, in this insightful biography. Ori Z. Soltes delves into Gulen’s vision on education, peace, and interfaith dialogue, offering readers a comprehensive look at his journey and ideas.

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11/04/2024

In this first critical biography of Fethullah Gülen in English, historian Jon Pahl tells the story of a pious Muslim boy from a tiny and remote Turkish village who has inspired a global movement of millions of individuals dedicated to literacy, social enterprise, and interreligious dialogue.

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09/23/2024

Between Thought and Action: An Intellectual Biography of Fethullah Gulen

This volume has two goals. One is to explore the life and the thought of Fethullah Gülen and the important educational and peace-inducing activities in which he and those inspired by him have been engaged for several decades. The outcome of those efforts—of creating schools and providing diverse social and cultural services that bring people together people from diverse backgrounds—has been to provide the face of civic and civil Islam as an antidote to the uglier side of political Islam. The second goal has been to make clear how the accusations against Mr. Gülen by the minions of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could hardly be more false: that what Gülen and the Hizmet (service) movement that he has inspired are ultimately about is improving the world and saving it form its uglier inclinations. A brief discussion of his life and thought has been supplemented by the voices of more than 70 interviews conducted over several years, with individuals intimate and more distant but all inspired to be part of the process of serving humanity.

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09/15/2024

Between Thought and Action: An Intellectual Biography of Fethullah Gulen

Discover the inspiring work of Fethullah Gülen and the Hizmet movement. Through education and social initiatives, they offer a peaceful vision of Islam and a path to a better world. Explore their impact in this insightful volume, backed by over 70 interviews.

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08/29/2024

Predestination & Free Will: A Comparative Theological Study
This book is based on an examination and analysis of the theological arguments proposed by mainstream Islamic theologians and Fethullah Gülen, a contemporary Muslim scholar, and his theoretical framework on the reconciliation of predestination and free will. The methodology of this project includes comparative and detailed analysis of arguments put forward by formative, classical and contemporary Islamic scholars and examination of arguments proposed by Western theologians and philosophers.
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08/21/2024

Between Thought and Action: An Intellectual Biography of Fethullah Gulen

This volume has two goals. One is to explore the life and the thought of Fethullah Gülen and the important educational and peace-inducing activities in which he and those inspired by him have been engaged for several decades. The outcome of those efforts—of creating schools and providing diverse social and cultural services that bring people together people from diverse backgrounds—has been to provide the face of civic and civil Islam as an antidote to the uglier side of political Islam. The second goal has been to make clear how the accusations against Mr. Gülen by the minions of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could hardly be more false: that what Gülen and the Hizmet (service) movement that he has inspired are ultimately about is improving the world and saving it form its uglier inclinations. A brief discussion of his life and thought has been supplemented by the voices of more than 70 interviews conducted over several years, with individuals intimate and more distant but all inspired to be part of the process of serving humanity.
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08/12/2024

Turkish Culinary Art: A Journey through Turkish Cuisine

Turkish Culinary Art is a rich collection of practical recipes for appetizers, soups, main dishes, salads, pastries, desserts, drinks, and dips.

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07/19/2024

Between Thought and Action: An Intellectual Biography of Fethullah Gulen

This volume has two goals. One is to explore the life and the thought of Fethullah Gülen and the important educational and peace-inducing activities in which he and those inspired by him have been engaged for several decades. The outcome of those efforts—of creating schools and providing diverse social and cultural services that bring people together people from diverse backgrounds—has been to provide the face of civic and civil Islam as an antidote to the uglier side of political Islam. The second goal has been to make clear how the accusations against Mr. Gülen by the minions of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could hardly be more false: that what Gülen and the Hizmet (service) movement that he has inspired are ultimately about is improving the world and saving it form its uglier inclinations. A brief discussion of his life and thought has been supplemented by the voices of more than 70 interviews conducted over several years, with individuals intimate and more distant but all inspired to be part of the process of serving humanity.

07/10/2024

Award-winning author Bradley Steffens introduces Ibn al-Haytham in this first full biography ever written about him. Though not a household name as far as the history of science goes, with his major contributions going largely unnoticed and uncredited, Ibn al-Haytham, who lived a thousand years ago, is finally being recognized as the world’s first true scientist.

Centuries before better-known researchers such as Roger Bacon, Leonardo da Vinci, and Galileo Galilei were born, Ibn al-Haytham investigated eyesight and the propagation of light in a profound manner, the likes of which had never before been fully utilized, and documented his findings in his magnum opus Book of Optics. By systematically using experiments to test his hypotheses, Ibn al-Haytham changed the course of human history, giving humankind a new and effective way of establishing facts about the natural world—an approach known today as the scientific method.

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07/09/2024

Between Thought and Action: An Intellectual Biography of Fethullah Gulen

This volume has two goals. One is to explore the life and the thought of Fethullah Gülen and the important educational and peace-inducing activities in which he and those inspired by him have been engaged for several decades. The outcome of those efforts—of creating schools and providing diverse ...

06/25/2024

This volume has two goals. One is to explore the life and the thought of Fethullah Gülen and the important educational and peace-inducing activities in which he and those inspired by him have been engaged for several decades. The outcome of those efforts—of creating schools and providing diverse social and cultural services that bring people together people from diverse backgrounds—has been to provide the face of civic and civil Islam as an antidote to the uglier side of political Islam. The second goal has been to make clear how the accusations against Mr. Gülen by the minions of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could hardly be more false: that what Gülen and the Hizmet (service) movement that he has inspired are ultimately about is improving the world and saving it form its uglier inclinations. A brief discussion of his life and thought has been supplemented by the voices of more than 70 interviews conducted over several years, with individuals intimate and more distant but all inspired to be part of the process of serving humanity.

This volume has two goals. One is to explore the life and the thought of Fethullah Gülen and the important educational and peace-inducing activities in which he and those inspired by him have been engaged for several decades. The outcome of those efforts—of creating schools and providing diverse ...

06/15/2024

06/07/2024

In this first critical biography of Fethullah Gülen in English, historian Jon Pahl takes us on a journey where we discover wisdom and controversy, from 1940’s Turkey to the U.S. in the twenty-first century. Pahl tells the story of a pious Muslim boy from a tiny and remote Turkish village who on the one hand has inspired a global movement of millions of individuals dedicated to literacy, social enterprise, and interreligious dialogue, but who on the other hand has been monitored by Turkish police, seen as a threat by autocrats, and recently declared number one enemy by the current Turkish dictator. With lively prose and extensive research, Pahl traces Fethullah Gülen’s life and thought in its contexts, states clearly his own positions, and then lets readers draw their own conclusions from the evidence about this undeniably significant historical figure.
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