Dr. Jill Carroll speaks on Fethullah Gulen and The Gulen Movement

(Video Duration: 1 hr. 13 mins. 25 secs.)

Dr. Jill Carroll, author of the book A Dialogue of Civilizations: Gülen's Islamic Ideals and Humanistic Discourse, speaks at the lecture and book signing event in Chicago at Niagara Foundation. Dr. Carroll talks about the components that lead her to write the book and provides valuable insight on its context and content.

Fethullah Gulen is a Turkish intellectual, scholar, and activist whose influence over a new Islamic intellectual, social, and spiritual revival is revealed in this insightful book. Readers will gain a fuller understanding of where Gulen stands on issues of inherent human value and dignity, freedom of thought, education and taking responsibility for creating society and the world. In addition, readers will also see how different perspectives across time, geography, and worldview can still find points on which to engage in dialogue and find a deep resonance.

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Gulen Movement conference in University of Southern California

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The “East and West Encounters: The Gulen Movement” conference was held on Dec. 4-6 and was organized by the Pacifica Institute, a Turkish-American institution established by the Turkish community in the Los Angeles area. The conference was sponsored by the University of Southern California's Office of Religious Life, the International Education Center at Santa Monica College, the department of theological studies at Loyola Marymount University, the department of religious studies at Humboldt University and the department of religious studies at Whittier College. The conference was held on the USC campus.

A very special reception and dinner was held for the three-day event, "The International Conference on East and West Encounters: The Gulen Movement", which will feature scholars of different backgrounds and will aim to stimulate ideas and ways to continue the wisdom of Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen to find peace amongst all people and societies.

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Fethullah Gulen's Islamic Ideas and Humanistic Discourse

(Video Duration: 23 mins 35 secs.)

Fethullah Gülen is a Turkish intellectual, scholar, and activist whose influence over a new Islamic intellectual, social, and spiritual revival is revealed in this insightful book. Readers will gain a fuller understanding of where Gulen stands on issues of inherent human value and dignity, freedom of thought, education and taking responsibility for creating society and the world. In addition, readers will also see how different perspectives across time, geography, and worldview can still find points on which to engage in dialogue and find a deep resonance.

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