Competing Narratives on Transnational Islam

Piety, Politics, and Social Activism of Turkey’s Hizme Movement

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Toward an Islamic Enlightenment: The Gülen Movement, by M. HakanYavuz, Oxford University Press, 2013. 320pp., Hb. $36.95. ISBN-13:9780199927999.

Gülen: The Ambiguous Politics of Market Islam in Turkey and the World, byJoshua D. Hendrick, New York University Press, 2013. 392pp., 5 half-tones, 2 figures. Hb. $65.00. ISBN-13: 9780814770986; Pb. $24.00. ISBN-13: 9781479800469.

The Gülen Hizmet Movement andits Transnational Activities: Case Studies ofAltruistic Activism in Contemporary Islam,edited by Sophia Pandya andNancy Gallagher, Brown Walker Press, 2012. 233pp., Pb. $25.95. ISBN-13: 9781612335476.