Camilla Trud Nereid:

In the Light of Said Nursi

Turkish Nationalism and the Religious Alternative

Contents

Preface (vii)
1. Introduction (1)
   • Historiograpy (3)
   • The Sources, Reliability and Limitations (7)

2. Who was said Nursi? (14)
   • Said Nursi as Savior and Betrayer of Faith (16)
   • Creating an Identity (19)
   • Establishing a Reputation (21)
   • Seyh Said Nursi (25)

3. The Nur Movement (30)
   • Push Factors (31)
   • A Nurcu member: Hamza Emek (35)
   • The Status of Women (36)
   • Scripturalism and Textual Community (42)
   • Nurcus in the Political Arena (46)

4. Secularism (55)
   • The Status of Religion in the Early Turkish Republic (56)
   • The Organization of Religion in Turkey (60)
   • Official Islam versus Sufism; The Directorate of Religious Affairs and Said Nursi (63)
   • Secularism and § 163 (71)
   • The Cases against Said Nursi (75)

5. Nationalism (81)
   • The Naksibendi Brotherhood versus Said Nursi and the Nur Movement (81)
   • Historical Context (88)
   • One War Two Interpretations (91)
   • Turkish Nationalism (92)
   • Said Nursi«s View of Nationalism (96)

6. Conclusion (102)
   • Epilogue (106)
     

   Appendices
   A. §175-178 of the Turkish Penal Code (108)
   B. Interview with Süleyman Demirel (110)
   C. Secularist Reforms (112)
   D. M. Kemal: Declaration to the People (114)

   Glossary (115)
   Bibliography (117)

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Publication date: Already published (1997)
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