Secular state and religious society : two forces in play in Turkey / edited by Berna Turam.

Contributor(s): Turam, Berna [author.]Material type: TextTextNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012©2012 Edition: First editionDescription: x, 224 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0230338615 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Islam and state -- Turkey -- Congresses | Secularism -- Turkey -- Congresses | Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1980- -- CongressesLOC classification: BP173.6 .S43 2012
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Secular State and Pious Muslims: Neither Rivals nor Allies for Life. Berna Turam -- 1. The Dynamic Nature of Educational Policies and Turkish Nation-Building: Where does Religion Fit in? / Yesim Bayar -- 2. Islam, Nation-State, and the Military: A Discussion of Secularism in Turkey / Sinem Gürbey -- 3. Secularists as the Saviors of Islam: Rearticulation of Secularism and the Freedom of Conscience in Turkey (1950) / Umut Azak -- 4. Does Secularism Face a Serious Threat in Turkey? / Metin Heper -- 5. Christian and Turkish: Secularist Fears of a Converted Nation / Esra Özyürek -- 6. Market Oriented Post-Islamism in Turkey / Tugrul Keskin -- 7. Conflict, Democratic Reform, and Big Business: Factors Shaping the Economic Elite's Position for Change / Devrim Yavuz -- 8. Religious Actors in a Democratic Civil Society: Turkey and Israel Compared / Aviad Rubin -- Afterword / Murat Günes Tezcür.
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Based on a conference held in Amherst, Mass. and Hampshire College.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Secular State and Pious Muslims: Neither Rivals nor Allies for Life. Berna Turam -- 1. The Dynamic Nature of Educational Policies and Turkish Nation-Building: Where does Religion Fit in? / Yesim Bayar -- 2. Islam, Nation-State, and the Military: A Discussion of Secularism in Turkey / Sinem Gürbey -- 3. Secularists as the Saviors of Islam: Rearticulation of Secularism and the Freedom of Conscience in Turkey (1950) / Umut Azak -- 4. Does Secularism Face a Serious Threat in Turkey? / Metin Heper -- 5. Christian and Turkish: Secularist Fears of a Converted Nation / Esra Özyürek -- 6. Market Oriented Post-Islamism in Turkey / Tugrul Keskin -- 7. Conflict, Democratic Reform, and Big Business: Factors Shaping the Economic Elite's Position for Change / Devrim Yavuz -- 8. Religious Actors in a Democratic Civil Society: Turkey and Israel Compared / Aviad Rubin -- Afterword / Murat Günes Tezcür.

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